The latest Roy Morgan Research (RMR) unemployment estimate for July registered a 1.3% increase in the unemployment rate over the month (to 10.0%) and a 0.6% increase over the year, with part-time employment also growing faster than full-time:
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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.
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