Employment rose by 41,000 in February. The employment rate fell by 0.1 percentage points to 61.5%, as population growth (+0.3%) continued to outpace employment growth (+0.2%).
The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 5.8%, offsetting a decline in January.
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