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Australia Unemployment Rate 19 October 2017

Australia Unemployment Rate 19 October 2017: 5.5% for September 2017, below the 5.6% forecast and down from 5.6% in August 2017. It is the lowest reading since May 2017. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Oct 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
5.5%
September 2017
Forecast
5.6%
The market consensus
Previous
5.6%
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 19 October 2017: 5.5% for September 2017 against a 5.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Oct 2017Sep5.5%5.6%5.6%
14 Sep 2017Aug5.6%5.6%5.6%
17 Aug 2017Jul5.6%5.6%5.7%
20 Jul 2017Jun5.6%5.6%5.6%
15 Jun 2017May5.5%5.7%5.7%
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%
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