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Mixed bag for Aussie employment........>

AUSSIE BONDS
AUSSIE BONDS: Mixed bag for Aussie employment data, headline employment gained
much lower than expected at 3.7k (est. 18.8k), but previous month job gain
revised up by around 7k.
- Full time employment saw a gain of 24.3k, while part time jobs fell 20.7k.
- Employment rate fell to 5.4% but this can be attributed to a 0.1ppt fall in
the participation rate to 65.1%.
- Aussie bonds initially jumped higher, YMZ7 hit session highs of 98.08 but
quickly fell back to new session lows of 98.03. Large clip of 1.8k given on move
down from 98.04-03 

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