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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 February 2022

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 February 2022: 4.2% for January 2022, in line with the forecast and unchanged from 4.2% in December 2021. It was released on Thu 17 Feb 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%
January 2022
Forecast
4.2%
The market consensus
Previous
4.2%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The currency may still react to jobs growth or participation, but an in-line rate usually limits the response.

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 February 2022: 4.2% for January 2022 against a 4.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Australia Unemployment Rate 17 February 2022: 4.2% vs 4.2% forecast (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/au-unemployment/2022-02-17

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Feb 2022Jan4.2%4.2%4.2%
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%
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