Australia Employment (Aug.)

Another healthy gain in employment in August, as well as a slight fall in the unemployment rate, continued the strong run of Australia’s labour market. The slowdown in GDP growth this year may still feed through into weaker employment growth, but for now the strength of the labour market is the main factor keeping the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) from cutting rates again.

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