ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate increased to 4.0%.↑
Welcome to the January edition of the MyHorizon News Bulletin.
Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate increased to 4.0%.↑ The participation rate increased to 67.1% ↑ Monthly hours worked increased to 1,976 million hours. ↑
China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released December 16, the unemployment rate remained steady at 5%.↔
USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released January 10, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 4.1%. ↓
UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released November 12, the unemployment rate increased 0.3 points to 4.3%. ↑
New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released November 5, the unemployment rate increased0.2 points in the third quarter to 4.8%. ↑
Germany: Statistics Germany, released January 3,the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.1%.↔
France: Insee France, released November 13, the unemployment increased 0.1 points in the third quarter to 7.4%. ↑
Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released October 25, the unemployment rate decreased 0.06 points in the third quarter to 11.21% ↓
Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released January 8, the annual movement for the monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel was 2.8% in November following a 2.4% rise in October.↑
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released January 14, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence virtually unchanged at 87.1 in mid- January as buying sentiment softens.↔
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report
ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released January 13, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads edged up 0.3 % m/m in December, following a downwardly revised 1.8% m/m decline in November. In trend terms, the series was down 0.2% m/m.↑
Job Vacancy Rates:
ABS Labour Force Figures, released January 8, total job vacancies for the November 2024 quarter were 344,000 an increase of 4.2% from August 2024. ↑
RBA Monetary Report: The RBA quarterly statement on Monetary Policy, released November 1.
