Employment in detail: Recovery on track

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released its labour force report for December, which registered a 0.2% fall in the official unemployment rate to 6.6% of a 0.4% increase in jobs:

Full-time jobs rose by 35,700 and part-time employment rose by 14,300:

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The participation rate rose another 0.06% to 66.16%:

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About the author
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.