Unemployment rate steady

The unemployment rate has remained at 5.3 per cent in August, with the number of people with jobs growing by 44,000.

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Employment growth in August was twice as high as expected, keeping the nation's unemployment rate steady at 5.3 per cent for the second month in a row.

The number of people with a job leapt by a better-than-expected 44,000, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show, with underemployment decreasing 0.3 points to 8.1 per cent.

 

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