Aussie Weekly - A week of strong economic data

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Aussie Weekly - A week of strong economic data

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In this week's podcast, Head of Australian Economics Belinda Allen and Economist Harry Ottley discuss what was a very strong week of Australian economic data in what is a capacity constrained economy. The highlight was a fall in the unemployment rate to 4.3% pointing to a resilient Aussie labour market. 
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