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Poppy Johnston

Healthy jobs numbers to keep RBA on the sidelines

Australia's unemployment rate held firm at 4.2 percentage points in August, ABS data shows. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Job creation continues to glide past expectations in a display of labour market resilience that adds to the case for interest rates staying on hold for the rest of the year.

In August, the unemployment rate held at 4.2 per cent and the 47,500 employment lift was almost double what forecasters had pencilled in.

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