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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 March 2022

Australia Unemployment Rate 17 March 2022: 4% for February 2022, below the 4.1% forecast and down from 4.2% in January 2022. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 10 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 17 Mar 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%
February 2022
Forecast
4.1%
The market consensus
Previous
4.2%
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 March 2022: 4% for February 2022 against a 4.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Mar 2022Feb4%4.1%4.2%
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%
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