Unemployment rate jumps from 3.5 per cent to 3.7 per cent in January figures

 Australia's unemployment rate has increased from 3.5 per cent to 3.7 per cent according to last month's figures, in seasonally adjusted terms.

The number of employed people fell by 11,500, according to the Bureau of Statistics.

It was the second-consecutive monthly decline in employment.

The head of labour statistics at the ABS, Bjorn Jarvis, said the number of people officially unemployed increased in January as well, by 21,900.

However, he said, much of that rise in unemployment was driven by a seasonal fluctuation.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/unemployment-rate-rises-january-2023/101981726



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