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Daily Economic Update

... spending contributed significantly to September quarter growth. Receding energy prices and a decline in the unemployment rate to its lowest level since July 2003 (supported by government-subsidised short term work contracts) helped French consumers increase ...

Daily Economic Update

... October marked the first time since June and July 2003 the country recorded two consecutive months of decline. The unemployment rate increased to 5.2 per cent in October from 5.1 per cent in the previous month. The softening in the domestic labour market ...

Weekly economic roundup

... refiners. Meanwhile, Australian employment suffered its first month-on-month decline in more than a year taking the unemployment rate up to 5.1 per cent in September from 5 per cent in the previous month. The decline in employment opens a safety valve ...

Weekly economic roundup

... Australian labour market report showed that employment grew for the 11th consecutive month in July while the unemployment rate remained at a 30-year low of 5 per cent. However, the lead from the latest ANZ job ads survey indicates that employment will ...

Unemployment at lowest level since 1977

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
... the federal government now believes it can lock in a rate under six per cent for years to come. The official unemployment rate dipped 0.2 percentage points to 5.3 per cent in October. The actual number of people out of work fell 21,600 to 545,900, the ...

ANZ Job Ads survey finds ads at three year high

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2004
... changes in the work force participation rate, employment growth at this pace would be sufficient to bring the unemployment rate below 5.5 per cent - for the first time since early 1977 - by the end of this year." The rise in newspaper job advertising ...

Australian service sector activity improves in Sept: index

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2004
... overall growth in the next six months," he said. "And that should keep a gradual downward bias to the national unemployment rate."

Weak jobs data may mean delayed rate rise: economists

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2004
... seasonally adjusted. Of this, full time employment rose 8,100 to 6,941,300 and part time employment fell 14,800. The unemployment rate was an adjusted 5.7% in August, steady with an unrevised 5.7% rate in July, and the workforce participation rate in ...

Jobless rate rises to 5.7% in July - ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
Australia\'s unemployment rate has gone up for the second month in a row, hitting 5.7% in July, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the jobless rate rose from 5.6% in June after a 21,600 jump in jobs, allowing for ...

Aust unemployment rate 5.6% in June - ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
Australia\'s jobless rate has retreated from 23-year lows, rising to 5.6% in June, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the jobless rate edged up 0.1 percentage points from the 5.5% recorded in May. The increase in ...