ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 5.5%.

Welcome to the May 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 decreased 0.1 points to 5.5%. The participation rate decreased to 66%. Monthly hours worked decreased by 13 million hours to 1,793 million hours. ↓
ABS unemployment data

USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released May 7, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 6.1% ↑
USA unemployment data

UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 20, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 4.9% ↓
UK unemployment data

New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released May 4, unemployment decreased 0.2 points in the first quarter to 4.7% ↓
NZ unemployment data

Germany: Destatis Germany, released April 29, unemployment remained steady at 6% ↔
Germany unemployment data

‍France: Insee France, released February 16, unemployment decreased 0.9 points in the first quarter to 8% ↓
France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released April 29, unemployment rate decreased 0.15 points in the first quarter to 15.98% ↓
Spain unemployment data

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence ANZ, Indonesia and China: The latest Roy Morgan consumer confidence in four Asian countries.
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report

Job Advertisements Series, released May 3, Job Ads rose 4.7% m/m in April, it's 11th straight monthly gain, signaling strong labour demand growth has continued post-JobKeeper. Job Ads now up 27.8% on its pre-pandemic level.
Job Advertisements Series

Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released April 1, total job vacancies for the February 2021 quarter were 288,700, an increase of 13.7% from November 2020 ↑
ABS Job Vacancy data

DEEWR Report: Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment, released April 14.
Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment