Australia's Unemployment Rate Back Up to 3.7% in October
Australia's Unemployment Rate Back Up to 3.7% in October
The unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 3.7 per cent in October (seasonally adjusted), according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
澳大利亞統計局（ABS）今天公佈的數據顯示，10月份失業率上升0.2個百分點至3.7％（經季節性調整後）。
Bjorn Jarvis, ABS head of labour statistics, said: "With employment increasing by 55,000 people, and the number of unemployed people increasing by 28,000, the unemployment rate rose to 3.7 per cent in October. This was back to around where it had been in July and August.
澳大利亞統計局勞工統計負責人比約恩·賈維斯說：“隨着就業人數增加55,000人，失業人數增加28,000人，10月份失業率上升至3.7％。現在又回到了七月和八月的水平。
The large increase in employment in October followed a small increase in September of around 8,000 people. Looking over the past two months, these increases equate to average employment growth of around 31,000 people a month, which is slightly lower than the average growth of 35,000 people a month since October 2022."
繼9月份略有增加約8,000人之後，10月份的就業人數大幅增加。縱觀過去兩個月，這些增長相當於每月平均就業增長約31,000人，略低於自2022年10月以來每月35,000人的平均增長率。”
The employment-to-population ratio increased by 0.1 percentage point to 64.5 per cent. The participation rate also increased by 0.2 percentage points to 67.0 per cent.
就業與人口的比率增加了0.1個百分點，達到64.5％。參與率也增加了0.2個百分點，達到67.0％。
Why it matters: The Reserve Bank is hoping for a loosening in the job market to bring down inflation back to target of between 2 per cent to 3 per cent.
爲什麼重要：儲備銀行希望放鬆就業市場，將通貨膨脹率降至2％至3％的目標。
What has changed: The RBA, which last week raised the cash rate to 4.35 per cent, revised its unemployment rate forecast to 3.8 per cent by December from 3.9 per cent.
發生了什麼變化：澳大利亞央行上週將現金利率提高至4.35％，將其失業率預測從3.9％上調至12月的3.8％。
What next: The ABS is due to publish the monthly consumer inflation report for October on November 29.
下一步該怎麼做：澳大利亞統計局將於11月29日發佈10月份的月度消費者通脹報告。