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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 August 2018

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 August 2018: 5.3% for July 2018, below the 5.4% forecast and down from 5.4% in June 2018. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 16 Aug 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
5.3%
July 2018
Forecast
5.4%
The market consensus
Previous
5.4%
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 16 August 2018: 5.3% for July 2018 against a 5.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Aug 2018Jul5.3%5.4%5.4%
19 Jul 2018Jun5.4%5.4%5.4%
14 Jun 2018May5.4%5.5%5.6%
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%
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