Forex Fundamentals
US Unemployment Rate

US Unemployment Rate 6 March 2015

US Unemployment Rate 6 March 2015: 5.5% for February 2015, below the 5.6% forecast and down from 5.7% in January 2015. It was released on Fri 6 Mar 2015 at 13:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Bureau of Labor 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
5.5%
February 2015
Forecast
5.6%
The market consensus
Previous
5.7%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A surprise decline can support the dollar if it reflects robust hiring rather than fewer people seeking work.

US Unemployment Rate 6 March 2015: 5.5% for February 2015 against a 5.6% forecast, with the last 3 releases
Sharing this? Please link to this page as the source.Download the chart

Cite this release

If you cite this release, please link to this page:

US Unemployment Rate 6 March 2015: 5.5% vs 5.6% forecast (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/us-unemployment/2015-03-06

The last 3 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Mar 2015Feb5.5%5.6%5.7%
6 Feb 2015Jan5.7%5.6%5.6%
9 Jan 2015Dec5.6%5.7%5.8%
The release before:US Unemployment Rate 6 February 2015The release after:US Unemployment Rate 3 April 2015US Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar