ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate remained steady at 3.5%. ↔

Welcome to the April 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 remained steady at 3.5%. ↔ The participation rate increased 0.1 points to 66.7%. ↑ Monthly hours worked decreased to 1,914 million hours. ↓
ABS unemployment data
 
China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released 15 March, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 5.6%. ↑
China unemployment data
 
USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released 7 April, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 3.5%. ↓
USA unemployment data
 
UK: Bureau of Labour Statistics, released 14 March, the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7%. ↔
UK unemployment data
 
New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released 31 January, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points in the fourth quarter to 3.4%. ↑
NZ unemployment data
 
Germany: Statistics Germany, released 31 March, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 5.6%. ↑
Germany unemployment data ‍

‍France: Insee France, released 14 February, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points in the fourth quarter to 7.2%. ↓
France unemployment data
     
Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released 26 January, 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 up 1.1 points to 79.3 after the RBA paused a run of ten consecutive interest rate increases last week.
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report
         
Job Advertisements Series, was last published on 4 October 2022 and is on hold until further notice. 

Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released 30 March, total job vacancies for the February 2023 quarter were 438,500, a decrease of 1.5% from       November 2022. ↓
ABS Job Vacancy data
         
DEEWR Report: Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment, released 12 April. 
Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment

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