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Jobs figures strengthen expectations of further rate hike

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
... hike next month as figures showed unemployment remained at 14-year lows. Treasurer Peter Costello said the December jobless rate of 5.6%, the same as November, was further proof of continuing strength in the Australian economy. He said the unemployment ...

Unemployment rate 5.6% in December: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
The jobless rate for December remained steady at a 14-year low of 5.6%, new figures showed today. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that total employment rose by 29,600 to 9.66 million, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Full-time ...

Jobless rate stuck at 14-year lows in November: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
More than 20,000 jobs were created in November, new figures showed today, keeping the jobless rate at a near 14-year low of 5.6 per cent. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said businesses put on 27,900 full-time staff in November but a fall ...

Skilled vacancies index up 1.7% in November

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
... year were for metal workers, the printing trades and electrical and electronic trades. In the last three months, the jobless rate has fallen to 14-year lows.

Small business conditions improve in November quarter: ACCI

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
... worrying sign for future inflation, the survey showed employment costs edged up in the three-month period as the jobless rate plunged to 14-year lows. Both wages and non-wage labour costs rose in November and businesses expected the trend to continue ...

Average weekly earnings growth slows in August: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... figures contrast with yesterday's wage cost index for the September quarter, which showed wage growth picking up as the jobless rate fell.

Howard says no need for further rate hikes

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2003
... rise on to borrowers. Farmers and businesses both criticised the move, which came ahead of an expected rise in the jobless rate when employment figures are released tomorrow. National Farmers' Federation spokesman Charles Burke said the rate move would ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker, but responding to low unemployment rate

... 0.7103, as traders welcomed the robust employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It reported that the jobless rate fell to a fresh low of 5.6 per cent in October - the lowest level since Decmeber 1989 - after a surprise surge of 69,200 ...

Home lending bounces back in August: ABS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... by signs of a pick-up overseas. But economists are predicting an interest rate rise as early as December after the jobless rate yesterday stayed at 13-year lows.

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
The jobless rate stayed at a 13-year low of 5.8 per cent in September, new figures showed today, but could go lower according to Treasurer Peter Costello. Costello held a doorstop press conference in Canberra this morning to discuss the figures released ...