Welcome to the June edition of the MyHorizon New Bulletin.
Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate remained at 4.1% ↔ The participation rate decreased to 67.0% ↓ Monthly hours worked increased to 1,994 million hours. ↑
China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released June 16, the unemployment rate decrease 0.1 points to 5.0%.↓
USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released June 6, the unemployment remained steady at 4.2%. ↔
UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released June 10, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 4.6%. ↑
New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released May 6, the unemployment rate remained steady in the first quarter at 5.1%. ↔
Germany: Statistics Germany, released May 28,the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3%.↔
France: Insee France, released May 16, the unemployment increased 0.1 points in the first quarter to 7.4%. ↑
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 May 28, The monthly CPI indicator excluding volatile items and holiday travel rose 2.8% in the 12 months to April following a 2.6% rise in the 12 months to March. ↑
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released June 17, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence drops 1.3pts to 85.4 as Israel and Iran conflict threatens to engulf Middle East. ↓
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report
ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released June 2, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads fell 1.2 % m/m in May, following a downwardly revised 0.3% m/m decline in April. In trend terms, the series was down 0.6 % 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 May 20.