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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 6 August 2015

Australia Unemployment Rate 6 August 2015: 6.3% for July 2015, above the 6% forecast and against 6.1%(R) in June 2015 (first reported as 6.0%). It is the highest reading since February 2015. 2 of the last 8 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 6 Aug 2015 at 02:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 15 Oct 2026 from the source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
6.3%
July 2015
Forecast
6%
The market consensus
Previous
6.1%(R)
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A clear rise above forecast can weaken the Australian dollar as it signals labour-market slack and may bring rate cuts closer.

Australia Unemployment Rate 6 August 2015: 6.3% for July 2015 against a 6% forecast, with the last 8 releases
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The last 8 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Aug 2015Jul6.3%6%6.1%(R)
9 Jul 2015Jun6.0%6.1%5.9%(R)
11 Jun 2015May6.0%6.2%6.1%(R)
7 May 2015Apr6.2%6.2%6.1%
16 Apr 2015Mar6.1%6.3%6.2%(R)
12 Mar 2015Feb6.3%6.3%6.4%
12 Feb 2015Jan6.4%6.2%6.1%
15 Jan 2015Dec6.1%6.3%6.2%(R)
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