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Since the Albanese government came to power, one metric it has pointed to most as a sign of its economic management is the nation’s unemployment rate.
In trend terms, the unemployment rate currently sits at 4.5%, well below the 5.2% recorded in the final month of 2019, but higher than the low of September 2022, when it hit a multi-generational low of 3.5%.
But as one might imagine, there is more to it than the Albanese government claims.
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Tarric is an Australian freelance journalist and independent analyst who covers economics, finance, and geopolitics. Tarric is the author of the Avid Commentator Report. His works have appeared in The Washington DC Examiner, The Spectator, The Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au, among other places.
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