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Slowing business activity means Aussies will find it harder to land a job in coming months
Economists say the employment market has turned and it's going to be harder to land a job during the next six months as the economy slows. "I absolutely think the jobs market is slowing right down," CreditorWatch chief economist Anneke Thompson told ABC's PM program. Official data this week showed the unemployment rate bouncing up to a two-year high of 4.1 per cent, as an estimated 22,000 jobs were shed in January. CreditorWatch monitors business activity month to month by looking at the total value of all invoices made by firms. Its January Business Risk Index data showed a steady decline in the average value of ... (full story)