Fed: Gillard to hold doorstop on jobs data at 12.30 AEST

AAP General News (Australia)
04-09-2009
Fed: Gillard to hold doorstop on jobs data at 12.30 AEST

CANBERRA, April 9 AAP - Employment Minister Julia Gillard will hold a press conference
at 12.30pm (AEST) in Canberra in relation to Thursday's release of the March labour force
report.

The report showed the unemployment rate soared to 5.7 per cent in March from 5.2 per
cent a month earlier as 34,700 jobs were lost.

The jobless rate is at its highest since December 2003, surpassing the government's
prediction of a rate of 5.5 per cent by June this year.

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