ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 4.2% ↓

Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 4.2% ↓ The participation rate remained steady at 67.0% ↔ Monthly hours worked increased to 1,987 million hours. ↑

‍ABS unemployment data‍

‍China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released July 15, the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.0%.↔

‍China unemployment data‍

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released August 1, the unemployment increased 0.1 points to 4.2%. ↑

‍USA unemployment data

‍‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released August 12, the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.7%. ↔‍

UK unemployment data‍

‍New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released August 5, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points in the second quarter to 5.2%. ↑

‍NZ unemployment data‍

‍Germany: Statistics Germany, released July 31,the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3%.↔‍

Germany unemployment data‍‍

France: Insee France, released August 8, the unemployment remained steady in the second quarter at 7.5%. ↔

‍France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released July 24, the unemployment rate decreased 1.07 points in the second quarter to 10.29% ↓

‍Spain unemployment data

‍‍Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released July 30, The monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel rose 2.5% in the 12 months to June following a 2.7% rise in the 12 months to May. ↓

‍CPI monthly indicator ‍

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released August 12, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence dropped 1.3pts to 89.3 this week ahead of today’s Reserve Bank meeting on interest rates. Consumer Confidence is now 5.4 points above the same week a year ago↓

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report‍

‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released August 5,ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads fell 1.0% m/m in July, following a downwardly revised 1.6% m/m increase in June. In trend terms, the series was down 0.3% m/m. Prior to the increase in June, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads also eased modestly in April and May. ↓

‍Job Advertisements Series

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released June 26, total job vacancies for the May quarter were 339,400 an increase of 2.9% from February 2025. ↑

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data

‍‍RBA Monetary Report: The RBA quarterly statement on Monetary Policy, released August 12.

‍RBA Quarterly Monetary Report

‍