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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 20 December 2018

Australia Unemployment Rate 20 December 2018: 5.1% for November 2018, above the 5% forecast and up from 5% in October 2018. It is the highest reading since August 2018. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Dec 2018 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
5.1%
November 2018
Forecast
5%
The market consensus
Previous
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 20 December 2018: 5.1% for November 2018 against a 5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Dec 2018Nov5.1%5%5%
15 Nov 2018Oct5%5.1%5%
18 Oct 2018Sep5%5.3%5.3%
13 Sep 2018Aug5.3%5.3%5.3%
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%
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