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Australia Unemployment Rate 21 March 2019

Australia Unemployment Rate 21 March 2019: 4.9% for February 2019, below the 5% forecast and down from 5% in January 2019. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 21 Mar 2019 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
4.9%
February 2019
Forecast
5%
The market consensus
Previous
5%
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 21 March 2019: 4.9% for February 2019 against a 5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Mar 2019Feb4.9%5%5%
21 Feb 2019Jan5%5%5%
24 Jan 2019Dec5%5.1%5.1%
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%
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