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Unemployment reaches a 10-year high

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Thu, 5 Feb 2026, 6:26am
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Unemployment reaches a 10-year high

Author
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Publish Date
Thu, 5 Feb 2026, 6:26am

The job market's remaining tougher, for longer, than many economists were expecting.
 
Unemployment's reached a ten-year high of 5.4 percent in the December quarter.
 
The broader under-utilisation rate is close to a ten-year high, at 13-percent.

EMA Head of Advocacy, Finance and Strategy Alan McDonald shares his thoughts. 

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