Roy Morgan unemployment lifts to 9.2% after lockdowns eased

Monday 8 November 2021

From Roy Morgan Research:

The latest Roy Morgan employment series data shows 1.32 million Australians were unemployed in October, up 55,000 on September, for an unemployment rate of 9.2%, while under-employment was up 0.6% points to 8.6% (1.23 million).

Workforce was down to 14.34 million in October, the lowest so far during 2021:

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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.