Australia Part-time employment increased to 29.7K in November from previous 18.6K

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Dec 10, 2015

Australia Employment Change s.a. came in at 71.4K, above forecasts (-10K) in November

Australia’s unemployment rate drops to 1-1/2 year low

The latest employment figures from Australia, as released by Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), surprised markets to the upside in Nov, with the uunemployment rate falling 0.1 pts to the lowest since May 2014 at 5.8% against 5.9% seen in Oct. Markets had predict the unemployment rate to tick higher to 6.0% last month.