ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 4.3% ↓

Australia:  ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 4.3% ↓ The participation rate remained steady at 67.0% ↔ Monthly hours worked increased to 1,999 million hours. ↑

‍ABS unemployment data

‍‍China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released October 20, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 5.2% ↓

‍China unemployment data‍

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released September 5, the unemployment decreased 0.1 points to 4.2%. ↑

‍USA unemployment data‍

‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released November 11, the unemployment rate increased 0.2 points to 5.0%.↑

‍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: Statistics Germany, released October 30,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 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 October 29, The monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel rose 3.7% in the 12 months to September following a 3.4% rise in the 12 months to August. This will is the last publication of the Monthly CPI Indicator, as the ABS transitions from the quarterly CPI to the Monthly CPI as Australia's primary measure of headline inflation. ↑

‍CPI monthly indicator ‍

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released November 11, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence drops 1pt to 83.5 after higher than expected ABS CPI for September quarter and in the week the RBA left interest rates unchanged. ↓

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report

‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released November 3, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads fell 2.2% m/m in October following a downwardly revised 3.5% m/m decline in September. The trend series fell 2.2% m/m, after a 2.1% m/m fall in September.↓

‍Job Advertisements Series‍

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released September 25, total job vacancies for the August quarter were 327,200 a decrease of 2.7% from May 2025. ↓

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data

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

RBA Quarterly Monetary Report