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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Peter Hannam Economics correspondent

Australia’s jobless rate at 50-year low of 3.9% but fewer positions added in April than predicted

Waiter in Canberra
A waiter at a restaurant in Canberra. The jobless rate has fallen to 3.9% as inflation increases and wages growth remains sluggish. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Australia’s jobless rate remained steady at 3.9% in April, hovering at near half-century lows, as the economy added a small number of new jobs and employees worked longer hours.

The nation’s unemployment rate last month was a seasonally adjusted 3.9%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Thursday, compared to 3.9% for March which was revised down from 4%.

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