Australian Unemployment Climbs to Four-Year High, Currency Drops
The currency declined a half-percent as the jobless rate advanced to 4.3%, the highest level since November 2021 and exceeding forecasts for an unchanged 4.1%, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday. Employment rose by 2,000 driven entirely by part-time roles against economists' expectations of a 20,000 gain.
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