Roy Morgan unemployment rises to 10.2% in August

Monday, 11 September 2017

The latest Roy Morgan Research (RMR) unemployment estimate for August registered a 0.8% rise in the unemployment rate over the month but a 0.2% decline over the year, with underemployment also rising significantly:

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.