ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 4.1%↓

Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 4.1%↓Theparticipation rate increased to 66.7%↑ Monthly hours worked increased to 2,001 million hours. ↑

‍ABS unemployment data‍

‍China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released January 19, the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.1%↔

‍China unemployment data‍

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released January 9, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 4.4%. ↓

‍USA unemployment data‍

‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released January 20, the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.1%↔

‍UK unemployment data‍

‍New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand,released November 4, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points in the third quarter to 5.3%. ↑

‍NZ unemployment data‍

‍Germany: StatisticsGermany, released January 7,the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3%.↔

‍Germany unemployment data

‍‍France: Insee France, released November 13, the unemployment increased 0.1 points in the third quarter at 7.7%. ↑

‍France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released October 24, the unemployment rate increased 0.16 points in the third quarter to 10.45% ↑

‍Spain unemployment data

‍‍Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released January 7, trimmed mean inflation was 3.2% in the 12 months to November 2025, down from 3.3% in the 12 months to October 2025 ↓

‍CPI monthly indicator ‍

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released January 20, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence dropped by 5.2pts to 79.3 and is now 6.5pts lower than a year ago, January 13-19, 2025 (85.8), and 7pts below the 2025 weekly average of 86.3. Consumer Confidence has now hit its lowest level for 18 months since July 8-14, 2024 (78.5). ↓

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report‍

‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released January 12, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads fell 0.5 % m/m in December following a downwardly revised 1.5% m/m decline in November. The trend series fell 0.9% m/m, after a 1.3% m/m fall in November.↓

‍Job Advertisements Series‍

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released January 14, total job vacancies for the November quarter were 326,700 a decrease of 0.2% from August 2025. ↓

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data‍

‍RBA Monetary Report: The RBA quarterlystatement on Monetary Policy, released November 4.

‍RBA Quarterly Monetary Report