Significant jobless rise ahead: Treasurer

By Colin Brinsden
Updated April 12 2020 - 1:33pm, first published 1:27pm
The unemployment rate could rise to its highest level in four years, the federal Treasurer warns.
The unemployment rate could rise to its highest level in four years, the federal Treasurer warns.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has warned Australians to expect a significant rise in the unemployment rate alongside a big reduction in the rate of economic growth as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

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