Australia's unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped in July to a 12-year low, but the drop was largely due to people falling out of the labour force as coronavirus lockdowns limited their ability to look for work.
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OTTAWA, March 12 (Reuters) - Canada added 259,200 jobs in February, the biggest increase since September 2020 and handily beating analyst estimates, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday.
Analysts had expected a gain of 75,000 jobs, with an unemployment rate of 9.2%. (Reporting by Julie Gordon in Ottawa; Editing by Alex Richardson)