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The jobless rate has risen to 4.3 per cent — its highest rate since 2021 — surpassing expectations as the number of unemployed Australians jumped.
Financial markets had expected the rate to remain steady at 4.1 per cent in June, but there was a nearly 34,000 increase in people without work, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Employment rose by 2,000, up 2 per cent compared to the same month last year, after part-time employment grew by 40,000 and full-time employment fell by 38,000 people.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) plans to keep a close watch on the labor market ahead of its upcoming monetary policy meeting in August, according to Gareth Spence, NAB’s head of Australian economics.

“The focus for the RBA will be ensuring the labour market remains healthy going forward,” Spence said
“The timing of [rate] cuts is not super important. It’s more about, where do they end up?”
Most economists had pencilled in a 0.25 per cent cut on the back of slowing inflation growth.
Spence still expected the jobless rate to climb to 4.4 per cent by the end of 2025, but said economic indicators point to the labour market still being in a strong position.
RBA said in its latest monetary policy decision that labour market conditions remained tight.
“Measures of labour under-utilisation are at relatively low rates and business surveys and liaison suggest that availability of labour is still a constraint for a range of employers.
“Alternatively, labour market outcomes may prove stronger than expected, given the signal from a range of leading indicators.”

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