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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 March 2016

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 March 2016: 5.8% for February 2016, below the 6% forecast and down from 6.0% in January 2016. 8 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 17 Mar 2016 at 00:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 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
5.8%
February 2016
Forecast
6%
The market consensus
Previous
6.0%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A lower-than-expected rate can support the Australian dollar, especially if employment gains and participation confirm a genuinely tight market.

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 March 2016: 5.8% for February 2016 against a 6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Mar 2016Feb5.8%6%6.0%
18 Feb 2016Jan6.0%5.8%5.8%
14 Jan 2016Dec5.8%5.9%5.8%
10 Dec 2015Nov5.8%6%5.9%
12 Nov 2015Oct5.9%6.2%6.2%
15 Oct 2015Sep6.2%6.3%6.2%
10 Sep 2015Aug6.2%6.2%6.3%
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)
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