Unemployment rate at 4.1 per cent since January
HSBC Australia Chief Economist Paul Bloxham discusses the Australian unemployment rate and its impact on the labour market.
'I think the main thing to focus on is the unemployment rate, and the unemployment rate is steady at 4.1 per cent, which is quite a low rate,' Mr Bloxham told Sky News host Ross Greenwood.
'The unemployment rate's tracking sideways, the labour market's still actually fairly tight.'
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