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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 20 January 2022

Australia Unemployment Rate 20 January 2022: 4.2% for December 2021, below the 4.5% forecast and down from 4.6% in November 2021. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Jan 2022 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
4.2%
December 2021
Forecast
4.5%
The market consensus
Previous
4.6%
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 20 January 2022: 4.2% for December 2021 against a 4.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Jan 2022Dec4.2%4.5%4.6%
16 Dec 2021Nov4.6%5%5.2%
11 Nov 2021Oct5.2%4.8%4.6%
14 Oct 2021Sep4.6%4.8%4.5%
16 Sep 2021Aug4.5%4.9%4.6%
19 Aug 2021Jul4.6%5%4.9%
15 Jul 2021Jun4.9%5%5.1%
17 Jun 2021May5.1%5.5%5.5%
20 May 2021Apr5.5%5.6%5.6%
15 Apr 2021Mar5.6%5.7%5.8%
18 Mar 2021Feb5.8%6.3%6.4%
18 Feb 2021Jan6.4%6.5%6.6%
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