Michael West Media · AAP · Wednesday 15 April 2026
March unemployment figures expected to show early economic fallout from the Middle East conflict, with analysts watching for signs of labour market softening amid rising fuel costs and supply disruptions.
March jobs data as the 'first glimpse' of war impact — mate, the petrol price told you three weeks ago and the Reserve Bank's been staring at the ceiling pretending it can't hear. We don't need the ABS to confirm what every trucking company from Wodonga to Wollongong already knows. The data will arrive, the economists will act surprised, and the policy response will arrive sometime around never.