The m/m building permits data is encouraging, but the poor y/y trend takes much of the shine off. Australia job advertisements dipped 0.1% m/m in September. Despite being down that’s not too bad a result given the strong growth in August. Job ads are 50% higher than pre-covid levels — The focus for Australia for
Canada building permits Prior was +10.5% Permits at $11.6 billion 67.2% monthly increase in the institutional component largely due to two hospital permits Non-residential permits increased 20.4% Residential permits declined 1.8% to $6.9 billion in June The total value of building permits in the second quarter declined 1.0% from the first quarter but residential up
Building consents data from NZ for June 2023 rose 3.5% m/m prior -2.2% for the y/y, -12% For the quarter as a whole the picture is not so strong. The number of new homes consented in the June 2023 quarter was down 20% compared with the June 2022 quarter. Stats NZ: “The June 2023 quarter
