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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 19 January 2017

Australia Unemployment Rate 19 January 2017: 5.8% for December 2016, above the 5.7% forecast and up from 5.7% in November 2016. It is the highest reading since June 2016. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Jan 2017 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%
December 2016
Forecast
5.7%
The market consensus
Previous
5.7%
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 19 January 2017: 5.8% for December 2016 against a 5.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Jan 2017Dec5.8%5.7%5.7%
15 Dec 2016Nov5.7%5.6%5.6%
17 Nov 2016Oct5.6%5.6%5.6%
20 Oct 2016Sep5.6%5.7%5.7%
15 Sep 2016Aug5.6%5.7%5.7%
18 Aug 2016Jul5.7%5.8%5.8%
14 Jul 2016Jun5.8%5.8%5.7%
16 Jun 2016May5.7%5.7%5.7%
19 May 2016Apr5.7%5.8%5.7%
14 Apr 2016Mar5.7%5.9%5.8%
17 Mar 2016Feb5.8%6%6.0%
18 Feb 2016Jan6.0%5.8%5.8%
The release before:Australia Unemployment Rate 15 December 2016The release after:Australia Unemployment Rate 16 February 2017Australia Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar