ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate increased 0.2 points to 4.3% ↑

Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate increased 0.2 points to 4.3% ↑ The participation rate increased to 67.1% ↑ Monthly hours worked decreased to 1,974 million hours. ↓

‍ABS unemployment data‍‍

China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released July 15, the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.0%.↔

‍China unemployment data‍

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released July 3, the unemployment decreased 0.1 points to 4.1%. ↓

‍USA unemployment data‍

‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released June 10, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 4.6%. ↑

‍UK unemployment data‍

‍New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released May 6, the unemployment rate remained steady in the first quarter at 5.1%. ↔

‍NZ unemployment data‍

‍Germany: Statistics Germany, released July 1,the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3%.↔

‍Germany unemployment data‍

‍France: Insee France, released May 16, the unemployment increased 0.1 points in the first quarter to 7.4%. ↑

‍France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released April 28, the unemployment rate increased 0.75 points in the first quarter to 11.36% ↑

‍Spain unemployment data‍

‍Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released June 25, The monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel rose 2.7% in the 12 months to May following a 2.8% rise in the 12 months to March. ↓

‍CPI monthly indicator 

‍‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released July 15, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence dropped 2.1pts to 86.5 this week after the Reserve Bank decided to leave official interest rates unchanged last week at 3.85%.↓

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report

‍‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released July 7,ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads rose 1.8% m/m in June, following an upwardly revised 0.6% m/m decline in May. In trend terms, the series was up 0.5% m/m. ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads in June had the strongest monthly increase since September 2024, following two months of declines. ↑

‍Job Advertisements Series‍

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released June 26, total job vacancies for the May quarter were 339,400 an increase of 2.9% from February 2025. ↑

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data‍

‍RBA Monetary Report: The RBA quarterlystatement on Monetary Policy, released May 20.

‍RBA Quarterly Monetary Report