Recovering Job Market to Ease JobKeeper Withdrawal Fears: Report

Recovering Job Market to Ease JobKeeper Withdrawal Fears: Report
TOPSHOT - A woman walkway between buildings in the central business district of Sydney on September 12, 2016. PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images
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According to a new report, a recovering jobs market is easing concerns Australia’s economy will struggle to cope with the end of the JobKeeper subsidy in March.

In December, job figures revealed a decline in the unemployment rate from 6.8 percent to 6.7 percent, a contrast to the 7.5 percent in July during the depths of the country’s first official recession in decades.

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