
Interview: Jobs go as lockdowns bite - so where to now?
FEAR & GREED | Business News
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<p>More than 146,000 people lost their jobs last month - but the unemployment rate still fell. It's a reporting technicality, but doesn't hide the reality that lockdowns in NSW, Victoria and the ACT are starting to hurt. As the nation's vaccination rates keep climbing, a world without lockdowns, hopefully, is drawing nearer. But will the economy bounce back to normal or are we in for more tough times ahead?</p>
<p>Gareth Aird is Head of Australian Economics at Commonwealth Bank and shares some truly fascinating and surprising insights from the data held by our biggest bank.</p>
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