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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 18 May 2017

Australia Unemployment Rate 18 May 2017: 5.7% for April 2017, below the 5.9% forecast and down from 5.9% in March 2017. It is the lowest reading since January 2017. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 May 2017 at 01:30 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
5.7%
April 2017
Forecast
5.9%
The market consensus
Previous
5.9%
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 18 May 2017: 5.7% for April 2017 against a 5.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 May 2017Apr5.7%5.9%5.9%
13 Apr 2017Mar5.9%5.9%5.9%
16 Mar 2017Feb5.9%5.7%5.7%
16 Feb 2017Jan5.7%5.8%5.8%
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%
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