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Australia's current unemployment rate compares favourably with OECD average

Australia's current unemployment rate, announced at a 13-year low 5.8 per cent yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is far lower than the standardised unemployment rate of 7.2% (July 2003) for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...

Midday market wrap: $A strengthens following ABS jobs data

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
... dollar had run to strength at noon on the back of much better than expected jobs data and a plunging domestic unemployment rate. The Australian dollar climbed around a quarter of a US cent in response to the 1130 AEST labour force figures. Australia's ...

Unemployment rate dips 0.4% to 5.8%: ABS

The latest labour figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the nation's unemployment rate dipped 0.4 per cent from 6.2% in July 2003 to 5.8% in August 2003. The labour force participation rate has risen in that period ...

Domestic job figures to give new clues to economy

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
... towards the end of the year. Economists expect a rise in the number of jobs of between 20,000 and 50,000 and an unemployment rate of between 6.1 per cent and 6.3% in August, compared to 6.2% in July. -

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries trail lower

... the US. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) had announced positive labor statistics, with the unemployment rate dipping to its lowest level since 1990. The latest housing lending finance also rose according to the ABS reflecting a continued ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds stronger on weak employment data

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
... with consensus forecasts of a small rise. The decline in July was also revised down to 49,000, although the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.2%. The yield on the two-year Treasury note fell to 1.73% from 1.89% previously, while the yield on the 10-year ...

Job advertisements rise 1.5% in August: ANZ job advertisement series

... around this average. Employment growth of around 15,000 per month, on average, would be sufficient to keep the unemployment rate at between 6% and 6 A1/4 %, depending on the extent to which signs of improving job prospects attract previously discouraged ...

Morning market wrap: US markets in positive territory

... line with further gains by the United States Treasury market overnight. New Zealand has recorded its lowest unemployment rate of 4.7% in 16 years. All Ordinaries 3124.4 +-0.1 NASDAQ 1652.18 +-0.50 Dow Jones 9126.45 +64.71 FTSE-100 4095.60 +25.20 Hang ...

Unemployment rate rises marginally in July

The unemployment rate across Australia rose from 6.1 per cent in June to 6.2% in July, or from 620,000 to 626,900, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The ABS also said that employment figures revealed that there were 55,200 less people ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks dip on disappointing data

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2003
... were cut from US payrolls in July, and that June was revised down from a loss of 30,000 to 44,000. While the unemployment rate edged down from 6.4% to 6.2%, it largely reflected an increase in the number of discouraged job-seekers. The Institute of Supply ...