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Australia - JobKeeper extension to keep lid on unemployment

The government will extend the JobKeeper wage subsidy by six months. Unemployment benefits will be made less generous which should encourage many of those having dropped out of the labour force to seek a job. Even so, the JobKeeper extension supports our view that unemployment is close to a peak.

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