FED:Aust jobless rate was 5.3 pct in July

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2010
FED:Aust jobless rate was 5.3 pct in July

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SYDNEY, Aug 12 AAP - Australia's unemployment rate has been seasonally adjusted to
5.3 per cent in July, compared with an unrevised 5.1 per cent in June, the Australian
Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says.

Total employment rose by 23,500 to 11.236 million in July, seasonally adjusted.

Full-time employment fell by 4,200 to 7.866 million in the month and part-time employment
was up by 27,700 to 3.369 million.

The participation rate in July was 65.5 per cent, up from an upwardly revised 65.3
per cent in June.

The forecast was for total employment to have risen by 20,000 in July, an unemployment
rate of 5.1 per cent and a participation rate of 65.2 per cent, the median of 11 economists
surveyed by AAP showed.

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