Here is an updated table with what we know so far:
2024
Q1-2025
Q2-2025
H1-2025*
Apr
May
Jun
Australia
77.1
77.2
77.2
77.2
77.3
77.2
77.2
Canada
74.7
74.3
74.1
74.2
74.0
74.1
74.3
Chile
64.1
64.2
64.3
64.25
Colombia
62.9
64.0
64.5
64.4
Israel
69.3
69.4
69.5
69.45
Japan
79.4
79.9
79.9
80.1
Korea
69.5
69.7
69.9
69.8
69.9
69.9
69.8
USA
71.9
71.9
71.8
71.85
71.9
71.7
71.7
OECD
70.2
70.4
*calculated as the average of Q1 & Q2
This may be a relatively small list (only 8 out of 38 OECD member states), but it includes the largest economy (USA), two more countries from the G7 (Japan, Canada), and two more countries from the G20 (Australia, Korea), so their cumulative weight is arguably rather high.
Also, anyone expecting that the employment rate should be correlated to the economic growth in a more or less straightforward manner may find my comment below about Japan useful (or at least interesting)...
Why do you think you're right?
Here is an updated table with what we know so far:
*calculated as the average of Q1 & Q2
This may be a relatively small list (only 8 out of 38 OECD member states), but it includes the largest economy (USA), two more countries from the G7 (Japan, Canada), and two more countries from the G20 (Australia, Korea), so their cumulative weight is arguably rather high.
Also, anyone expecting that the employment rate should be correlated to the economic growth in a more or less straightforward manner may find my comment below about Japan useful (or at least interesting)...
Why might you be wrong?
As before