Australian unemployment falls: official data
December 10, 2009 - 4:59PM
Australian unemployment fell to 5.7 percent in November, beating analyst forecasts, official figures showed on Thursday.
The number of people in full-time work rose by 30,800 to a seasonally adjusted 7,627,000, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.
Economists had expected unemployment to rise to 5.9 percent from the 5.8 percent posted in October.
Australia last month predicted the jobless rate would peak at 6.75 percent in mid-2010, sharply downgrading a forecast of 8.5 percent made in the May budget.
Australia was the only developed economy to avoid a technical recession during the global slowdown and posted world-beating growth of 0.6 percent in the June quarter.
Dallas. Jonny and I can drive there lickety split though. We may even make it under two hours this time.
Australia only has 7.6 million full time workers? wtf
even in a recession dirt still needs plowing and sheep still need fucking.
Australia only has 20 million people...
Huh. I thought they had way more than that. I guess the rest moved to America.
Huh. I thought they had way more than that. I guess the rest moved to America.
lol, umm no.
Australia is only a young country. Just over 200 years old.
Australia was claimed by the British in 1770. The British settled Virginia in 1607.I thought America was much older than Australia.
very much, yes. never been much of a skiff or dinghy sailor though. i mostly race keelboats.You like sailing?