Roy Morgan unemployment 9.2% in August

Sunday 6 September 2015

Roy Morgan Research (RMR) has released its unemployment estimate for the month of August, which registered a 0.5% rise in the unemployment rate to 9.2% from 8.7% in July. Unemployment was also up 0.5% over the year (see next chart).

Here’s a summary of the release:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.