Job surges sees unemployment rate tumble back to 3.7 per cent Job surges sees unemployment rate tumble back to 3.7 per cent

2024-03-21 25,127

Any hopes of an interest rate cut in may have gone up in smoke after a dramatic fall in the unemployment rate. It has plunged because of a huge surge in the number of jobs created. The surprise turnaround is the biggest monthly gain on record outside the pandemic emergency.