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As summarised earlier, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released its labour force report for July, which registered a 0.1% increase in the official unemployment rate to 7.5% despite a 114,700 rebound in jobs:
Full-time jobs rose by 43,500, whereas part-time employment rose by 71,200:
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The participation rate rebounded another 0.6% to 64.66%, which is why the unemployment rate rose despite the jobs rebound:
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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.