Roy Morgan: nearly 20% of labour out of work or under-employed

Monday 12 March 2018

The latest Roy Morgan Research (RMR) unemployment estimate for February registered a large 0.6% rise in the unemployment rate over the month (to 9.7%), as well as a 0.3% increase over the year, although full-time employment drove the jobs growth:

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.