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%↑Theparticipation rate increased to 66.9%↑Monthly hours worked decreased to 2,007 million hours. ↓

‍ABS unemployment data‍

‍China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released March 16, the unemployment rate increased 0.2 points to 5.3%↑

‍China unemployment data‍

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released March 6, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 4.4%. ↑

‍USA unemployment data‍

‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released February 17, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 5.2%↑

‍UK unemployment data‍

‍New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand,released February 3, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points in the fourth quarter to 5.4%. ↑

‍NZ unemployment data‍

‍Germany: StatisticsGermany, released February 27,the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3%.↔

‍Germany unemployment data‍

‍France: Insee France, released February 10, the unemployment increased 0.2 points in the fourth quarter to 7.9%. ↑

‍France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released January 27, the unemployment rate decreased 0.52 points in the third quarter to 9.93%↓

‍Spain unemployment data

‍‍Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released February 25, trimmed mean inflation was 3.4%, up from 3.3% in the 12 months to December 2025 ↑‍

CPI monthly indicator ‍‍

Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released March 17, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence,was down 4.9 points to 68.5 this week driven by falling confidence about personal finances and the Australian economy. Consumer Confidence is now a large 15.3pts lower than a year ago. ↓

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report‍

‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released March 3, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads rose 3.2% m/m in February following an upwardly revised 5.2 % m/m rise in January. The trend series rose 2.3% m/m in both January and February. ↑

‍Job Advertisements Series‍

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released January 14, total job vacancies for the November quarter were 326,700 a decrease of 0.2% from August 2025. ↓

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data‍

‍RBA Monetary Report: The RBA quarterlystatement on Monetary Policy, released February 3.

‍RBA Quarterly Monetary Report