2245 GMT New Zealand jobs report for Q1 2020
Q1 will only begin to capture the virus outbreak damage on employment
- Unemployment rate expected 4.4%, prior 4.0%
- Employment change expected -0.2% q/q, prior 0.0%
- Employment change expected 0.7% y/y, prior 1.0%
- Participation rate expected 70.0%, prior 70.1%
- Private wages excluding overtime expected 0.5% q/q, prior 0.6%
- Private wages including overtime expected 0.5% q/q, prior 0.6%
- Average hourly earnings expected 0.9% q/q, prior 0.1%
0130GMT Australia Retail Sales for March, and also Q1
- expected 8.0% m/m, prior 0.5% - the huge jump reflects the huge jump in buying behaviour by consumers in the early stage of Australia's lockdown