Australian Employment Booms Even As Unemployment Rises!

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Aug 15 2024 | 00:13:02

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You have to ask the question: are the ABS stats on employment, which were released today, meaningful? Because according to the data for July, a record share of Australians are either working or looking for a job and about 58,000 people found work last month. The increase in employment was not enough to stop the jobless rate from rising to 4.2 per cent last month from 4.1 per cent in June, (though less than 1% on a two decimal rounding) as the share of the working-age population with a job or looking for one climbed to a record high of […]

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