ABS Labour Force Figures, unemployment rate decreased 0.4 point to 3.5%.

Welcome to the July edition of the MyHorizon News Bulletin.

‍Our overview of the labour market provides the latest unemployment data from across the globe. We also include the Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence report, the ANZ Job Advertisement Series, ABS Job Vacancy data and the DEEWR report.

‍Australia: ABS Labour Force Figures, released today, unemployment rate decreased 0.4 points to 3.5%. The participation rate increased to 66.8%.  Monthly hours worked remained at 1,856 million hours. ↓

‍ABS unemployment data‍

‍USA: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released July 8, the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.6%. ↔

‍USA unemployment data‍

‍UK: Bureau of Labor Statistics, released June 14, the unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 3.8%. ↑

‍UK unemployment data‍

‍New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand, released May 3, the unemployment rate remained steady in the first quarter at 3.2%. ↔

‍NZ unemployment data‍

‍Germany: Destatis Germany, released June 30, unemployment rate increased 0.3 points to 5.3%. ↑

‍Germany unemployment data

France: Insee France, released May 17, the unemployment rate decreased 0.1 points in the first quarter to 7.3%. ↓
France unemployment data

Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, released April 28, unemployment rate increased 0.32 points in the first quarter to 13.65%. ↑
Spain unemployment data

Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence ANZ, Indonesia and China: The latest Roy Morgan consumer confidence in four Asian countries.

‍Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Report‍

‍Job Advertisements Series, released July 4, Job Ads increased by 1.4 per cent m/m in June following a small upward revision of the May number. The total number of Job Ads in June exceeded the recent peak in March signalling continued strength in the labour market.

‍Job Advertisements Series‍

‍Job Vacancy Rates: ABS Labour Force Figures, released June 30, total job vacancies for the May 2022 quarter were 480,100, an increase of 13.8% from February 2022. ↑

‍ABS Job Vacancy data

‍‍DEEWR Report: Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment, released July 13.

‍Department of Employment Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment