Jobless rate tipped to rise as mining boom loses steam

By Clancy Yeates
January 5 2013 - 3:00am
Softening ... the nation will experience weaker economic activity as the mining boom contiunes to loose steam this year.
Softening ... the nation will experience weaker economic activity as the mining boom contiunes to loose steam this year.

AUSTRALIA'S economic growth will slow to well below its long-term average in the coming year, pushing up unemployment to levels not seen since the global financial crisis, leading economists predict.

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