Australia – Number of employed up 14,000 last month, fourth gain in five months

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (MONTHLY CHANGE)

• Employment increased 14,000 (0.1%) to 11,512,600. Full-time employment increased 9,200 to 8,073,700 and part-time employment increased 4,800 to 3,439,000.
• Unemployment decreased 2,500 (0.4%) to 635,100. The number of persons looking for full-time work increased 14,600 to 457,600 and the number of persons looking for part-time work decreased 17,100 to 177,500.
• The unemployment rate at 5.2%. The male unemployment rate increased 0.2 pts to 5.2% and the female unemployment rate decreased 0.3 pts to 5.3%.
• The participation rate at 65.2%.
• Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 13.4 million hours to 1,625.1 million hours from a revised June 2012 estimate….

Employment               Unemployment

via 6202.0 – Labour Force, Australia, Jul 2012.

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Australia Adds 14,000 Jobs as Unemployment Falls to 5.2% 

The number of people employed rose by 14,000 last month, the fourth gain in five months, erasing almost of half of the revised 28,300 fall in June, the statistics bureau said in Sydney today. That compares with the median estimate for a 10,000 increase in July employment in a Bloomberg News survey of 25 economists. The jobless rate fell to 5.2 percent from an upwardly revised 5.3 percent…

via Australia Adds 14,000 Jobs as Unemployment Falls to 5.2% – Bloomberg.