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Australia Unemployment Rate 18 March 2021

Australia Unemployment Rate 18 March 2021: 5.8% for February 2021, below the 6.3% forecast and down from 6.4% in January 2021. It is the lowest reading since March 2020. It is the eighth release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Mar 2021 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
5.8%
February 2021
Forecast
6.3%
The market consensus
Previous
6.4%
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 18 March 2021: 5.8% for February 2021 against a 6.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Mar 2021Feb5.8%6.3%6.4%
18 Feb 2021Jan6.4%6.5%6.6%
21 Jan 2021Dec6.6%6.7%6.8%
17 Dec 2020Nov6.8%7%7%
19 Nov 2020Oct7%7.2%6.9%
15 Oct 2020Sep6.9%7.1%6.8%
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%
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