ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 4.1% ↑

Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 4.1% ↑ The participation rate increased to 66.8% ↑ Monthly hours worked decreased to 1,965 million hours. ↓

‍ABS unemployment data‍

‍China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 16, the unemployment rate decrease 0.2 points to 5.2%.↓

‍China unemployment data‍‍

USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 4, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 4.2%. ↑

‍USA unemployment data

‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released March 20, the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.4%. ↔

‍UK unemployment data

‍‍New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released February 4, the unemployment rate increased 0.3 points in the fourth quarter to 5.1%. ↑

‍NZ unemployment data

‍‍Germany: Statistics Germany, released March 28,the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 6.3%.↑

‍Germany unemployment data

‍‍France: Insee France, released February 11, the unemployment decreased 0.1 points in the fourth quarter to 7.3%. ↓

‍France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released January 28, the unemployment rate decreased 0.6 points in the fourth quarter to 10.61% ↓

‍Spain unemployment data

‍‍Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released March 26, the monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel rose 2.7% in the 12 months to February following a 2.9% rise in the 12 months to January. ↓

‍CPI monthly indicator 

‍‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released April 15, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence dropped 2.6pts to 84.2 last week following US President Trump’s announcements of world-wide tariffs late the previous week which caused significant market volatility. ↓

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report‍

‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released April 7, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads rose 0.4% m/m in March, following a 1.3% m/m decline in February. In trend terms, the series was down 0.1% m/m. ↑

‍Job Advertisements Series

‍‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released April 3, total job vacancies for the February quarter were 328,900 a decrease of 4.5% from November 2024. ↓

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data

‍‍RBA Monetary Report: The RBA quarterly statement on Monetary Policy, released February 18.

‍RBA Quarterly Monetary Report