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Poppy Johnston

Jobless rate stays at 3.5 per cent

The unemployment rate has not budged from its record low levels, but the official jobs figures nod to a labour market that won't get any tighter.

Just 900 jobs were added for the month, well below expectations and far fewer than the 33,500 lift in total employment in August.

And unemployment actually lifted by 8800, according to the national statistics bureau, adding 0.06 per cent to the jobless rate.

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