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New Zealand Unemployment Rate

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 31 January 2017

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 31 January 2017: 5.2% for Q4 2016, above the 4.8% forecast and up from 4.9% in Q3 2016. It is the highest reading since Q1 2016. 3 of the last 8 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 31 Jan 2017 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
5.2%
Q4 2016
Forecast
4.8%
The market consensus
Previous
4.9%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: An unemployment rate above forecast usually weakens the NZD as traders price in more labour-market slack and possible RBNZ easing.

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 31 January 2017: 5.2% for Q4 2016 against a 4.8% forecast, with the last 9 releases
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The last 9 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
31 Jan 2017Q45.2%4.8%4.9%
1 Nov 2016Q34.9%5.1%5.0%
16 Aug 2016Q25.1%5.3%5.2%
3 May 2016Q15.7%5.5%5.4%
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 1 November 2016The release after:New Zealand Unemployment Rate 2 May 2017New Zealand Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar