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 67.3% ↑ Monthly hours worked decreased to 1,971 million hours. ↓

‍ABS unemployment data

‍‍China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released January 17, the unemployment rate increase 0.1 points to 5.1%.↑

‍China unemployment data

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released February 2, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 4.0%. ↓

‍USA unemployment data‍

‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released February 18, 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 January 31,the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 6.2%.↑

‍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 January 29, the annual movement for the monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel was 2.7% in December following a 2.8% rise in November.↓

‍CPI monthly indicator 

‍‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released February 18, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence drops 1.6pts to 85.1 in the week before the Reserve Bank meeting on interest rates.↓

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report

‍‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released February 3, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads ticked up 0.2 % m/m in January, following a 0.3% m/m increase in December. In trend terms, the series was down 0.6% m/m.↑

‍Job Advertisements Series‍

‍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. ↑

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data

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

‍RBA Quarterly Monetary Report