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Australia's unemployment rate jumps to 4.5 percent

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Publish Date
Thu, 16 Oct 2025, 5:28pm
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Australia's unemployment rate jumps to 4.5 percent

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 16 Oct 2025, 5:28pm

Australia's unemployment rate jumped to 4.5 percent in September - up from 4.3 percent in August, according to new reports.

This is the highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate recorded since November 2021.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says this will likely put extra pressure on the Reserve Bank to make another interest rate cut.

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