ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 3.5%. ↓

Welcome to the March 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 rate decreased 0.2 points to 3.5%. ↓ The participation rate increased 0.1 points to 66.6%. ↑ Monthly hours worked increased to 1,917 million hours. ↑
ABS unemployment data
 
China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released March 15, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 5.6%. ↑
China unemployment data
 
USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released March 10, the unemployment rate increased 0.2 points to 3.6%. ↑
USA unemployment data
 
UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released March 14, the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7%. ↔
UK unemployment data
 
New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released January 31, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points in the fourth quarter to 3.4%. ↑
NZ unemployment data
 
Germany: Statistics Germany, released March 1, the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.5%. ↔
Germany unemployment data

France: Insee France, released February 14, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points in the fourth quarter to 7.2%. ↓
France unemployment data
 
Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released January 26, unemployment rate increased to 0.2 points in the fourth quarter to 12.87%. ↑
Spain unemployment data 

Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence down 2.9pts to 77.0 after RBA raises interest rates for a tenth straight meeting.
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report
     
Job Advertisements Series, was last published on 4th October 2022 and is on hold until further notice. 

Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released January 11, total job vacancies for the November 2022 quarter were 444,200, a decrease of 4.9% from August 2022. ↓
ABS Job Vacancy data
     
DEEWR Report: Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment, released March 15. 
Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment

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