May employment surges as jobless rate holds at 48-year low - The Australian Financial Review


6/16/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Michael Read, Cecile Lefort, David Marin-Guzman

The labour market defied economists’ expectations in May, as 60,600 people found jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at a 48-year low of 3.9 per cent.

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