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Australia Unemployment Rate 19 December 2019

Australia Unemployment Rate 19 December 2019: 5.2% for November 2019, below the 5.3% forecast and down from 5.3% in October 2019. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Dec 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
5.2%
November 2019
Forecast
5.3%
The market consensus
Previous
5.3%
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 19 December 2019: 5.2% for November 2019 against a 5.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Dec 2019Nov5.2%5.3%5.3%
14 Nov 2019Oct5.3%5.3%5.2%
17 Oct 2019Sep5.2%5.3%5.3%
19 Sep 2019Aug5.3%5.3%5.2%
15 Aug 2019Jul5.2%5.2%5.2%
18 Jul 2019Jun5.2%5.2%5.2%
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%
The release before:Australia Unemployment Rate 14 November 2019The release after:Australia Unemployment Rate 23 January 2020Australia Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar