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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 May 2018

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 May 2018: 5.6% for April 2018, above the 5.5% forecast and up from 5.5% in March 2018. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 17 May 2018 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
5.6%
April 2018
Forecast
5.5%
The market consensus
Previous
5.5%
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 17 May 2018: 5.6% for April 2018 against a 5.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 May 2018Apr5.6%5.5%5.5%
19 Apr 2018Mar5.5%5.5%5.5%
22 Mar 2018Feb5.6%5.5%5.5%
15 Feb 2018Jan5.5%5.5%5.6%
18 Jan 2018Dec5.5%5.4%5.4%
14 Dec 2017Nov5.4%5.4%5.4%
16 Nov 2017Oct5.4%5.5%5.5%
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%
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