ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate remained at 4.1% ↔
Welcome to the May edition of the MyHorizon News Bulletin.
Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate remained at 4.1% ↔ The participation rate increased to 67.1% ↑ Monthly hours worked increased to 1,964 million hours. ↑
China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 16, the unemployment rate decrease 0.2 points to 5.2%. ↓
USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released May 2, the unemployment remained steady at 4.2%. ↔
UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released May 13, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 4.5%. ↑
New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released May 6, the unemployment rate remained steady in the first quarter at 5.1%. ↔
Germany: Statistics Germany, released April 30, the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3%. ↔
France: Insee France, released February 11, the unemployment decreased 0.1 points in the fourth quarter to 7.3%. ↓
Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released April 28, the unemployment rate increased 0.75 points in the first quarter to 11.36% ↑
Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released April 30, the monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel rose 2.6% in the 12 months to March following a 2.7% rise in the 12 months to February. ↓
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released May 13, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence up 0.8pts to 88.3 after the ‘Albanese Labor Government’ was easily re-elected ↑
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report
ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released May 5, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads rose 0.5% m/m in April, following a 0.4% m/m rise in March. In trend terms, the series was up 0.1% m/m. ↑
Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released April 3, total job vacancies for the February quarter were 328,900 a decrease of 4.5% from November 2024. ↓
RBA Monetary Report: The RBA quarterly statement on Monetary Policy, released February 18.
