Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 4 per cent in December as demand for jobs spiked . HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham says the figure is not enough to convince the Reserve Bank to lower interest rates because the unemployment level remains low while there is an abundance of job creations.
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