ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.4 points to 5.1%.

Welcome to the June 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 0.4 points to 5.1%. The participation rate increased to 66.2%. Monthly hours worked increased by 25 million hours to 1,814 million hours. ↓
ABS unemployment data

USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released June 4, the unemployment rate decreased 0.3 points to 5.8% ↓
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 1, unemployment rate remained steady at 6% ↔
Germany unemployment data

‍France: Insee France, released February 16, unemployment rate 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 June 7, Job Ads rose 7.9% m/m in May to be up 38.8% on the prepandemic level. This points to continued rapid tightening in the labour market.
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 June 16.
Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment