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Jobs in the U.S. clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country's overall jobs, and unionization in clean energy surpassed for the first time the rate in the wider energy industry, the Energy Department said on Wednesday. Employment in clean energy businesses - including wind, solar, nuclear and battery storage - rose by 142,000 jobs, or 4.2% last year, up from a rise of 3.9% in 2022, the U.S. Energy and Employment Report said. Unionization rates in clean energy hit 12.4%, more than the 11% in the overall energy business, it said.

The clean energy sector added 142,000 jobs last year, accounting for more than half of all new energy sector employment, according to data from the Department of Energy.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian inflation slowed to a four-month low in July as government rebates on electricity bills kicked in, but progress on tempering price gains elsewhere disappointed and led markets to pare back the chance of a near-term cut in interest rates. The consumer price index (CPI) rose at an annual pace of 3.5% in July, down from 3.8% in June, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed on Wednesday. The figure was slightly above forecasts of 3.4%, leading markets to slightly lengthen the odds of a first easing from the Reserve Bank of Australia in November to 48.4%, from 58% before.

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