Category: Unemployment / Economic Trends / Money and Monetary Policy

Unemployment rises to 6pc as nearly 8,000 jobs lost

Thursday, 18 Feb 2016 08:31:39 | Michael Janda

Unemployment has risen unexpectedly to 6 per cent after an estimated 7,900 jobs were lost in January.

A Reuters survey of 19 economists showed that the typical forecast was for unemployment to stay steady at 5.8 per cent and 15,000 jobs to have been added last month.

More to come.



 

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