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| | | ... April showed the median expectation of inflation was 4.3 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent in March. Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 4.1 per cent in March, compared with 4.0 per cent in February. In company news, Bank of Queensland ... |
| | | | ... impacting gender-based employment as male unemployment jumped 0.3 percentage points to 3.9 per cent while the female unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 4.2 per cent. Despite the increase in the seasonal numbers, the trend estimate ... |
| | | | ... 1.5 per cent at noon, led by financial stocks weighed by problems in credit markets. An unexpected fall in the unemployment rate also influenced the fall, on fears that interest rates may increase again. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had ... |
| | | | ... has since slowed sharply. Labor market conditions have similarly softened, as job creation has slowed and the unemployment rate - at 4.9 percent in January - has moved up somewhat," he said. Further illustrating how the sub-prime contagion is now jumping ... |
| | | | ... to unearth new sources of labour that we may not have previously targeted too aggressively. This is why the unemployment rate rising from 4.2 to 4.5 per cent yesterday was treated as almost good news. But the increasing rate of employment accompanied ... |
| | | | ... out-performance". "Strong full-time jobs growth is a positive for incomes growth and consumer spending, while the higher unemployment rate will do little to allay any RBA concerns over wage inflation risks," Evans said. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs' chief ... |
| | | | While jobless figures are expected to fall to another record low, there are interesting anomalies in the job market with full-time positions and participation of older workers both increasing. Bets are on that our jobless figures will have a three in ... |
| | | | ... time, while business and property services are forecasting a meagre 2.1 annual employment growth. While our unemployment rate sits at 4.2 per cent, according to DEWR, school leavers completing only year 10 face more than double that unemployment rate ... |
| | | | As the Federal Government commits $17 million in water saving devices for Scout halls across Australia, the water shortage crisis has been revealed as far worse than previously reported. Along with farmers, mining and other water-intensive industries ... |
| | | | ... hosing scum from the streets. France's economy has grown more slowly than any other developed country and its unemployment rate is the highest in Europe at 9.8 per cent - even grimmer for under 24s where around 25 per cent are jobless. It's difficult ... |
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