ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment increased 0.2 points to 3.7%. ↑

Welcome to the May edition of the  MyHorizon News Bulletin. 
Our overview of the  labour market provides the latest unemployment data from across the globe. We  also include the Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence report, the ANZ Job  Advertisement Series, ABS Job Vacancy data and the DEEWR report.
 
Australia: ABS Labour Force  Figures, released today, unemployment increased 0.2 points to 3.7%. ↑ The participation  rate decreased to 66.7%. ↓ Monthly hours worked increased to 1,974  million hours. ↑
ABS unemployment data
 
China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released  May 16, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 5.2%. ↓
China unemployment data
 
USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released  May 5, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 3.4%. ↓
USA unemployment data
 
UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released May 16,  the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to  3.9%. ↑ 
UK unemployment data
 
New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released May  2, the unemployment rate remained steady  in the first quarter at  3.4%. ↔ 
NZ unemployment data
 
Germany: Statistics Germany, released April  28, the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6%. ↔
Germany unemployment data
 
France: Insee France, released May 17, the  unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points in the first quarter to 7.1%. ↓
France unemployment data
 
Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released  April 27, unemployment rate increased to 0.39 points in the first quarter to  13.26%. ↑ 
Spain unemployment data
     

Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released May  16, No ‘Budget Bounce’ as ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence down 1.8pts to  75.9 – lowest since early April 2020. 
Roy Morgan Consumer  Confidence Report
 
Job Advertisements Series released May  1, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads declined by 0.3% m/m in April following  a downwardly revised 2.7% m/m fall in March. In trend terms, the monthly  decline slowed to 1.1% m/m. ANZ-Indeed Job Ads is still 52.5% higher than  pre-pandemic and, absent a major shock, seems unlikely to fall back to  historical levels any time soon.
Job Advertisements  Series
 
Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force  Figures, released March 30, total job vacancies for the February 2023 quarter  were 438,500, a decrease of 1.5% from November 2022. ↓
ABS Jobs Vacancy Data 
 
DEEWR Report: Department of Employment Monthly Leading  Indicator of Employment, released May 17.
Department of  Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment