Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:53:44 GMT
Australian jobless rate at highest since 2003
Australia's unemployment rate increased significantly in the first month of 2014 missing an initial economists' forecast and recording the highest reading since 2003, a report published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. The country's jobless rate came in 6.0% in January, while it was forecast to growth to 5.9%, the same level recorded in December.