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New Zealand Unemployment Rate

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 6 February 2019

New Zealand Unemployment Rate 6 February 2019: 4.3% for Q4 2018, above the 4.1% forecast and against 4.0% in Q3 2018 (first reported as 3.9%). 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 6 Feb 2019 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
4.3%
Q4 2018
Forecast
4.1%
The market consensus
Previous
4.0%
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 6 February 2019: 4.3% for Q4 2018 against a 4.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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New Zealand Unemployment Rate 6 February 2019: 4.3% vs 4.1% forecast (Statistics New Zealand). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/nz-unemployment/2019-02-06

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Feb 2019Q44.3%4.1%4.0%
6 Nov 2018Q33.9%4.5%4.4%
31 Jul 2018Q24.5%4.4%4.4%
1 May 2018Q14.4%4.4%4.5%
6 Feb 2018Q44.5%4.6%4.6%
31 Oct 2017Q34.6%4.7%4.8%
1 Aug 2017Q24.8%4.8%4.9%
2 May 2017Q14.9%5.2%5.2%
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%
The release before:New Zealand Unemployment Rate 6 November 2018The release after:New Zealand Unemployment Rate 30 April 2019New Zealand Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar