Breaking: Australia’s Unemployment Rate declines to 3.9% in November vs. 4.2% expected

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Australia’s Unemployment Rate came in at 3.9% in November, compared with the previous figure of 4.1%, according to the official data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday. The figure came in below the market consensus of 4.2%.

Furthermore, the Australian Employment Change arrived at 35.6K in November from 12.1K in October (revised from 15.9K), compared with the consensus forecast of 25.0K. 


Market reaction to the Australia’s employment data


At the time of writing, the AUD/USD pair is trading 0.60% higher on the day to trade at 0.6409.

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