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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 13 June 2019

Australia Unemployment Rate 13 June 2019: 5.2% for May 2019, above the 5.1% forecast and unchanged from 5.2% in April 2019. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 13 Jun 2019 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
5.2%
May 2019
Forecast
5.1%
The market consensus
Previous
5.2%
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 13 June 2019: 5.2% for May 2019 against a 5.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
13 Jun 2019May5.2%5.1%5.2%
16 May 2019Apr5.2%5.1%5.1%
18 Apr 2019Mar5%5%4.9%
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%
The release before:Australia Unemployment Rate 16 May 2019The release after:Australia Unemployment Rate 18 July 2019Australia Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar