The number of jobs advertised via the internet and in Australia's major metropolitan newspapers fell in June, in another sign of weakness for the domestic economy.

The ANZ Job Advertisements Series recorded a decrease of 1.8 per cent last month, following a 2.5 per cent drop in May.

It marks the the fourth consecutive month of falls.

ANZ chief economist Ivan Colhoun says after showing signs of stabilising at the start of the year, job ads are now almost 7 per cent lower than they were in March, and down 19 per cent compared to June last year.

He says last month's weakness was particularly evident in Western Australia.

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"WA is now recording the sharpest trend decline in newspaper job advertisements of any state, with job advertising nearly 50 per cent lower than a year ago," he said.

Victoria is the other state showing particular weakness, with a 4.1 per cent month-on-month fall, in trend terms.

But Mr Colhoun says there have been some encouraging signs of moderation in the pace of decline in New South Wales and South Australia.

"New South Wales has generally been recording somewhat better conditions across a range of macroeconomic indicators recently," he said.

Job ads 30 per cent below 2010 peak

On a national level, job advertisements are now almost 30 per cent below their most recent peak at the end of 2010 and only 8 per cent higher than the lowest level reached during the global financial crisis.

Mr Colhoun says downward trends in job advertising have been reliable indicators of lower interest rates and rising unemployment.

"ANZ expects a further interest rate cut in November this year and sees the balance of risks being for further interest rate reductions in 2014, notwithstanding the fact that a declining Australian dollar is now also providing useful stimulus to the Australian economy," he said.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the labour market report for June this Thursday.

Mr Colhoun says he expects the unemployment rate to edge up from 5.5 per cent in May to 5.6 per cent in June.

He says other parts of the economy need to improve as mining slows down.

"The (Reserve Bank) governor in a speech last week was talking about the transition not possibly being smooth and that it's something that's very hard to make sure it happens smoothly obviously, so it has been slow in the construction side, though we are seeing some better signs there now."