The International Labour Market Update provides labour market data and information for Australia and selected overseas countries and country groups.
The update also highlights the influence of artificial intelligence on productivity and employment, ongoing challenges for younger workers, and uneven wage recovery across OECD countries.
Key takeaways:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports on a softening in the international labour market in the first quarter of 2026.
- OECD analysis which shows that, while unemployment rates were unchanged in 19 member economies, there was variability in the youth unemployment rate.
- Comparisons of labour productivity and productivity growth for selected countries, with other labour market data provided for the Euro Area, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom.
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