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New Zealand Unemployment Rate

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 2 February 2016

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 2 February 2016: 5.3% for Q4 2015, below the 6.1% forecast and down from 6% in Q3 2015. It was released on Tue 2 Feb 2016 at 21:45 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics New Zealand. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
5.3%
Q4 2015
Forecast
6.1%
The market consensus
Previous
6%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A rate below forecast usually supports the NZD by suggesting a tighter labour market and more persistent wage pressure.

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 2 February 2016: 5.3% for Q4 2015 against a 6.1% forecast, with the last 5 releases
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New Zealand Unemployment Rate 2 February 2016: 5.3% vs 6.1% forecast (Statistics New Zealand). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/nz-unemployment/2016-02-02

The last 5 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
2 Feb 2016Q45.3%6.1%6%
3 Nov 2015Q36%6.0%5.9%
4 Aug 2015Q25.9%5.9%5.8%
5 May 2015Q15.8%5.5%5.8%(R)
3 Feb 2015Q45.7%—5.4%
The release before:New Zealand Unemployment Rate 3 November 2015The release after:New Zealand Unemployment Rate 3 May 2016New Zealand Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar