The ABS has released Labour Force for March and the news is better:
- Employment increased 60,900 to 12,059,600. Full-time employment increased 74,500 to 8,238,600 and part-time employment decreased 13,600 to 3,821,000.
- Unemployment increased 4,000 to 753,100. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work increased 2,900 to 528,600 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work increased 1,100 to 224,500.
- Unemployment rate remained steady at 5.9%.
- Participation rate increased by 0.2 pts to 64.8%.
- Monthly hours worked in all jobs increased 3.2 million hours to 1,664.2 million hours.
Bit of catch-up with private surveys at last. Much more to come.
