Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 14 July 2022

Australia Unemployment Rate 14 July 2022: 3.5% for June 2022, below the 3.8% forecast and down from 3.9% in May 2022. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 7 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 14 Jul 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
3.5%
June 2022
Forecast
3.8%
The market consensus
Previous
3.9%
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 14 July 2022: 3.5% for June 2022 against a 3.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Australia Unemployment Rate 14 July 2022: 3.5% vs 3.8% forecast (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/au-unemployment/2022-07-14

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 Jul 2022Jun3.5%3.8%3.9%
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%