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EMPLOYMENT continued to grow strongly in January despite widespread flood devastation in Queensland, with the data affirming the Reserve Bank of Australia's upbeat view of the economy and keeping it on track to raise interest rates in mid 2011.
The unemployment rate held at 5 per cent, as expected, in January from December, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. Total employment rose 24,000.
Economists had expected a further 15,000 jobs to be created in January.
The number of people in full-time work fell 8000 to 8.02 million, while the number of people in part-time work rose 32,000 to 3.42 million, the ABS said.
The Australian dollar was highly volatile around the time of the data, eventually nudging lower. By early afternoon, it was trading at $US1.0083, compared with $US1.0100 earlier.
With a drum-tight labour market, policymakers are likely to remain fearful of a rebound in inflation pressures over the medium term. The RBA is already forecasting inflation be at the top of its 2-3 per cent target band by the end of 2011.
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