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

Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3%.↔ The participation rate decreased to 66.8%.↓Monthly hours worked increased to 2,016 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 April 3, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points to 4.3%. ↓

‍USA unemployment data

‍‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released March 19, the unemployment rate remained steady at 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 March 31,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 March 25, trimmed mean inflation was 3.3%, unchanged from 3.3% in the 12 months to January 2026. ↔

‍CPI monthly indicator 

‍‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence: released April 14, ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence was up 2.2pts to 64.5 this week after a ceasefire agreement in the Middle East early last week and follows the cut to the fuel excise the previous week. Consumer Confidence is a large 19.7pts lower than a year ago, and now 9.1pts below the 2026 weekly average of 73.6. ↑

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report

‍‍ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads: released April 7, ANZ-Indeed Australian Job Ads fell 3.1% m/m in March following a 3.2% m/m rise in February. The trend series rose 0.3% m/m but was down 0.3 % in annual terms.↓‍

Job Advertisements Series‍

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released April 4, total job vacancies for the February quarter were 337,900 an increase of 2.7% from November 2025. ↑

‍ABS Jobs Vacancy Data‍

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

RBA Quarterly Monetary Report