Unemployment rate drops to 4.1 per cent ahead of RBA's next rates meeting
Australia's unemployment rate fell from 4.3 to 4.1 per cent in December, according to seasonally adjusted figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The figure comes less than two weeks before the Reserve Bank of Australia's next interest rates meeting, where the board will factor in economic indicators, including the jobs market. Most economists have been predicting no increase to interest rates, but some inflation hawks say the bank should jack up rates because the economy is running at or near its capacity — an argument bolstered by the stronger-than-expected jobs data. Read more- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-22/abs-jobs-unemployment-december-2025-figures/106256288