Forex Fundamentals
Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 June 2022

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 June 2022: 3.9% for May 2022, above the 3.8% forecast and unchanged from 3.9% in April 2022. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 16 Jun 2022 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
3.9%
May 2022
Forecast
3.8%
The market consensus
Previous
3.9%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A clear rise above forecast can weaken the Australian dollar as it signals labour-market slack and may bring rate cuts closer.

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 June 2022: 3.9% for May 2022 against a 3.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
Sharing this? Please link to this page as the source.Download the chart

Cite this release

If you cite this release, please link to this page:

Australia Unemployment Rate 16 June 2022: 3.9% vs 3.8% forecast (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/au-unemployment/2022-06-16

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Jun 2022May3.9%3.8%3.9%
19 May 2022Apr3.9%3.9%3.9%
14 Apr 2022Mar4%3.9%4%
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%
The release before:Australia Unemployment Rate 19 May 2022The release after:Australia Unemployment Rate 14 July 2022Australia Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar