Roy Morgan unemployment rises to 9.8%

Tuesday 13 June 2017

The latest Roy Morgan Research (RMR) unemployment estimate for May registered a 0.5% increase in the unemployment rate over the month but a 0.9% decline over the year, with almost all jobs growth being part-time:

Below are the key points from 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.