ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate increased 0.3 points to 4.5% ↑

Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate increased 0.3 points to 4.5% ↑ The participation rate increased 0.2 points to 67.0%↑ Monthly hours worked increased to 1,987 million hours. ↑‍

ABS unemployment data‍‍

China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released September 15, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 5.3%↑

‍China unemployment data‍

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released September 5, the unemployment increased 0.1 points to 4.3%. ↑

‍USA unemployment data

‍‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released October 14, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 4.8%.↑

‍UK unemployment data

‍‍New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released August 5, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points in the second quarter to 5.2%. ↑

‍NZ unemployment data‍

‍Germany: Statistics Germany, released September 30,the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3%.↔

‍Germany unemployment data‍

‍France: Insee France, released August 8, the unemployment remained steady in the second quarter at 7.5%. ↔

‍France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released July 24, the unemployment rate decreased 1.07 points in the second quarter to 10.29% ↓

‍Spain unemployment data‍

‍Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released September 29, The monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel rose 3.4% in the 12 months to August following a 3.2% rise in the 12 months to July. ↑

‍CPI monthly indicator 

‍‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released October 14, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence dropped 2.1pts to 83.0, now down for a second straight week after the Reserve Bank left interest rates unchanged at 3.6%. Consumer Confidence is now at its lowest for over a year but is virtually unchanged on the same week a year ago.↓

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report‍

‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released October 7,ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads fell 3.3% m/m in September following a downwardly revised 0.3% m/m decline in August. The trend series fell 1.5% m/m, after a 1.0% m/m fall in August.↓

‍Job Advertisements Series‍

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released September 25, total job vacancies for the August quarter were 327,200 a decrease of 2.7% from May 2025. ↓

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data‍

‍RBA Monetary Report: The RBA quarterly statement on Monetary Policy, released August 12.

‍RBA Quarterly Monetary Report