Australia's employment rate has been in decline since the start of the year. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS

Job figures are set to take centre stage as economists continue to mull whether borrowers have seen their last Reserve Bank rate cut this cycle.

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In the first major piece of economic data since the RBA left interest rates on hold last week, the unemployment rate is expected to tick back down to 4.4 per cent when October numbers are released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.

The central bank painted a bleak picture of Australia's economic outlook on Tuesday, wi

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