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Unemployment rises 0.1% in June 2003: ABS

The national unemployment rate increased by 0.1 per cent during June, compared with May's figures, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The total number of people employed as at June 2003 was 9,507,500, a decrease of 54,000 full-time ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares up, Australian dollar down

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2003
... edged down eight points to 5.04%, after the ABS announced a decline in employment in June and a rise in the unemployment rate to 6.1%. All Ordinaries 3022.7 +14.4 NASDAQ 1747.46 +1.00 Dow Jones 9156.21 -66.88 FTSE-100 4054.70 -18.90 Hang Seng 10000.74 ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag on mixed economic data

... strength of the recovery. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported payrolls declined by 30,000 in June and the unemployment rate rose to a new 9-year high of 6.4%. But the ISM said its index of service sector activity jumped 6.1 points to 60.6 in June ...

Unemployment rate drops to 6% in May: ABS

The Australian unemployment rate for May dropped 0.1 per cent to 6% from April's figures, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The number of unemployed persons in Australia stood at 612,500 in May compared to the 622,700 in April. The ...

Australian unemployment rate fourth lowest in OECD: ABS

Australia ranks fourth among the leading OECD countries in terms of its unemployment rate, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). With an unemployment rate of 6.7 per cent (629,1000 unemployed persons), Australia ...

Victoria, Queensland break rising unemployment trend: ABS

... by 21,900 to 2,733,300 in March 2003 over February 2003. The ABS statistics also revealed an increase in the unemployment rate from 6% in February 2003 to 6.2% in March 2003. The labour force participation rate also dropped from 64.4% in February 2003 ...

Newspaper job advertisements up by 0.4% in March: ANZ

... forecast of 1.75% employment growth for 2002-03 looks to be easily achievable and is well placed to meet its unemployment rate forecast of 6% in the June quarter. She also said that Australia's labour market is in much better shape than the labour markets ...

Unemployment rate falls to 6% in February: ABS

John Fernando Australia's unemployment rate fell 0.1% from January to 6% in February, but the number of people in work has actually decreased, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The total number of people ...