Business welcomes decrease in local unemployment

Submitted 23/02/2011

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figure show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for South Australia in January 2011 decreased 0.3 percentage points from the previous month's figure to 5.3 per cent.

Statistics show the national unemployment rate for January remained steady at 5.0 per cent.

Nationwide the participation rate increased 0.1 percentage point to 65.9 per cent, while South Australia's participation rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 63.2 per cent.