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Eyes on the labour market

BY BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008 9:45AM

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the Australian Labour Force report today. Market expectations centre on a meager 5K increase in jobs in July and the unemployment rate to rise to 4.3 percent.

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