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Australia Unemployment Rate

Australia Unemployment Rate 15 September 2022

Australia Unemployment Rate 15 September 2022: 3.5% for August 2022, above the 3.4% forecast and up from 3.4% in July 2022. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 15 Sep 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%
August 2022
Forecast
3.4%
The market consensus
Previous
3.4%
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 15 September 2022: 3.5% for August 2022 against a 3.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Sep 2022Aug3.5%3.4%3.4%
18 Aug 2022Jul3.4%3.5%3.5%
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%
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