ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate remained at 4.3% ↔

Welcome to the December edition of the MyHorizon News Bulletin.

Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate remained at 4.3% ↔ The participation rate decreased to 66.7%↓ Monthly hours worked decreased to 1,996 million hours. ↓

ABS unemployment data

China: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released November 14, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 5.1%↓

China unemployment data

USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released November 20, thqe unemployment increased 0.1 points to 4.4%. ↑

USA unemployment data

UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released November 11, the unemployment rate increased 0.2 points to 5.0%.↑

UK unemployment data

New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand,released November 4, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points in the third quarter to 5.3%. ↑

NZ unemployment data

Germany: StatisticsGermany, released November 28,the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.3%.↔

Germany unemployment data

France: Insee France, released November 13, the unemployment increased 0.1 points in the third quarter at 7.7%. ↑

France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released October 24, the unemployment rate increased 0.16 points in the third quarter to 10.45% ↑

Spain unemployment data

Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator: released November 26, Trimmed mean inflation was 3.3% in the 12 months to October 2025, up from 3.2% in the 12 months to September 2025. ↑

CPI monthly indicator 

Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released December 9, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence drops 2pts to 83.5, as ‘buying sentiment’ plunges after Black Friday sales weekend. ↓

Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report

ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released December 1, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads fell 0.8 per cent month on month in November following an upwardly revised 1.9 per cent month-on-month decline in October. The trend series fell 1.3 per cent month on month, after a 1.9 per cent month-on-month fall in October.↓

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 quarterlystatement on Monetary Policy, released November 4.
RBA Quarterly Monetary Report

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