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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 September 2020

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 September 2020: 6.8% for August 2020, below the 7.7% forecast and down from 7.5% in July 2020. It is the lowest reading since April 2020. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 17 Sep 2020 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
6.8%
August 2020
Forecast
7.7%
The market consensus
Previous
7.5%
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 17 September 2020: 6.8% for August 2020 against a 7.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Sep 2020Aug6.8%7.7%7.5%
13 Aug 2020Jul7.5%7.8%7.4%
16 Jul 2020Jun7.4%7.4%7.1%
18 Jun 2020May7.1%7%6.4%
14 May 2020Apr6.2%8.3%5.2%
16 Apr 2020Mar5.2%5.5%5.1%
19 Mar 2020Feb5.1%5.3%5.3%
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%
The release before:Australia Unemployment Rate 13 August 2020The release after:Australia Unemployment Rate 15 October 2020Australia Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar