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Employment fell by 39,300 and unemployment held at a revised 4.7 per cent, giving the RBA more room to pause in November.

Among investors aged 18–29, 24 per cent use AI for investment advice, compared with 19 per cent using financial planners or advisers.

Technology and semiconductor shares fell sharply as investors questioned the debt financing the AI infrastructure boom and confronted higher rates and Chinese competition.