Australia’s employment figures for July were certainly worse than expected: the economy lost around 300 jobs, contrary to expectations for a gain of 13.5K jobs and after a gain of 14.9K in June. Worse off, the unemployment rate leaped from 6% to 6.4%, the highest since 2002 – around 12 years.
AUD/USD fell nearly 90 pips, from 0.9250 to 0.9262Â before bouncing back, but it seems unable to recapture the .93 line.
The details are not that bad: economy lost 14.8K part time jobs and gained 14.5K full time jobs. And the shocking headline jump in the unemployment rate is due to a good reason: a rise of the participation rate from 64.7% to 64.8%, which is nearly 2% more than in the US.
Nevertheless, and unemployment rate at the highest level in over a decade cannot be good news. The unemployment rate is now higher than in the US, and this hasn’t been seen in a long time.
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