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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 20 February 2020

Australia Unemployment Rate 20 February 2020: 5.3% for January 2020, above the 5.2% forecast and up from 5.1% in December 2019. It is the highest reading since October 2019. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Feb 2020 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
5.3%
January 2020
Forecast
5.2%
The market consensus
Previous
5.1%
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 February 2020: 5.3% for January 2020 against a 5.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Feb 2020Jan5.3%5.2%5.1%
23 Jan 2020Dec5.1%5.2%5.2%
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%
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