ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 4.9%.

‍Welcome to the July 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 0.2 points to 4.9%. The participation rate remained at 66.2%. Monthly hours worked decreased by 33 million hours to 1,781 million hours. ↓
ABS unemployment data

USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released July 2, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 point to 5.9% ↑
USA unemployment data

UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released June 15, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 4.7% ↓
UK unemployment data

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

Germany: Destatis Germany, released June 30, unemployment rate decreased 0.1 point to 5.9% ↓
Germany unemployment data

France: Insee France, released June 29, unemployment rate increased 0.1 point in the first quarter to 8.1% ↑
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 July 5, Job Ads rose 3.0% m/m in June to be up 39.1% on the pre-pandemic level and is consistent with an unemployment rate of around 5%, just below the 5.1% recorded in May.
Job Advertisements Series

Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released July 1, total job vacancies for the May 2021 quarter were 362,500, an increase of 23.4% from February 2021 ↑
ABS Job Vacancy data

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