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Interview: Jobs go as lockdowns bite - so where to now?

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.&nbsp; It's a reporting technicality, but doesn't hide the reality that lockdowns in NSW, Victoria and the ACT are starting to hurt.&nbsp; 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> <p><a href="https://fearandgreed.com.au" rel="nofollow">Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.au</a></p> <p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>