ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 5.6%.

Welcome to the April 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 5.6%. The participation rate increased to 66.3%. Monthly hours worked increased by 38 million hours to 1,800 million hours. ↓
ABS unemployment data

USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 2, the unemployment rate decreased 0.2 points to 6% ↓
USA unemployment data

UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released March 23, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 5% ↓
UK unemployment data

New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released February 2, unemployment decreased 0.4 points in the fourth quarter to 4.9% ↓
NZ unemployment data

Germany: Destatis Germany, released March 31, unemployment remained steady at 6% ↔
Germany unemployment data

‍France: Insee France, released February 16, unemployment decreased 1 point in the fourth quarter to 8% ↓
France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released January 28, unemployment rate decreased 0.13 points in the fourth quarter to 16.13% ↓
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 April 6, Job Ads rose 7.4% m/m in March, following an upwardly-revised 8.8% m/m in February. ANZ Job Ads is now at the highest level since November 2008.
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

Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment, released April 14.
Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment