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ASX closes higher after unemployment rate rises, markets pare back bets of a super-sized interest rate cut — as it happened
Australian shares ended the day higher, as the latest labour force data shows employment increasing by 32,000. Wall Street ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation6d
Australia's unemployment rate picks up slightly in March, to 4.1pc
saying the current level for the unemployment rate seems to be around where the true level of "full employment" actually is. He said NAB's March quarter business survey, released today ...
hcamag.com6d
Australian unemployment rate rises slightly in March
The rate of unemployment has ... “The employment-to-population ratio remained at 64.1 per cent in March, while the participation rate increased slightly to 66.8 per cent,” Mr Crick said. It says ...
CFO Dive6d
Powell says tariffs will likely push up inflation, unemployment rate
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell highlighted how planned and enacted policy shifts by the Trump administration have ...
Fed Chair Powell gives starkest warning yet on potential economic consequences from tariffs
President Donald Trump’s significant policy changes, including on tariffs, are unlike anything seen in modern history, putting the Federal Reserve in uncharted waters, Chair Jerome Powell said ...
Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," April 20, 2025
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin join Weijia ...
Reuters6d
Tariffs to trigger sharp US economic slowdown, chance of recession jumps to 45%: Reuters Poll
And that's why we think price stability will be marginally more prioritised over full employment." Unemployment rate forecast changes in the poll were modest compared with the large downgrades to ...