AU Unemployment Rate
Although it's generally viewed as a lagging indicator, the number of unemployed people is an important signal of overall economic health because consumer spending is highly correlated with labor-market conditions;
- AU Unemployment Rate Graph
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| Expected Impact / Date | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
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| Mar 19, 2025 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.0% |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.9% |
| Dec 11, 2024 | 3.9% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Oct 16, 2024 | 4.1% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 4.2% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
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- AU Unemployment Rate News
From abs.gov.au|Mar 19, 2025In trend terms, in February 2025: unemployment rate remained at 4.0%. participation rate remained at 67.0%. employment increased to 14,547,800. employment to population ratio decreased to 64.2%. underemployment remained at 5.9%. monthly hours worked increased to 1,980 million. In seasonally adjusted terms, in February 2025: unemployment rate remained at 4.1%. participation rate decreased to 66.8%. employment decreased to 14,513,200. employment to population ratio decreased to 64.1%. underemployment rate ...
From marctomarket.com|Mar 15, 2025|1 commentThe architects of the new US foreign economic policy expected dollar appreciation to absorb some of the cost of US tariffs and expected some exporters to cut prices. Instead, the dollar has mostly fallen against the major currencies. Last week, the greenback recorded new lows for the year against the Chinese yuan, Mexican peso, euro, sterling, the Japanese yen, the Swedish krona, and Norwegian krone. Beijing acted forcefully against Walmart's attempt to force deeper deflation on China's producers to avoid losing market share and ...
From abs.gov.au|Feb 19, 2025In trend terms, in January 2025: unemployment rate remained at 4.0%. participation rate remained at 67.2%. employment increased to 14,616,400. employment to population ratio increased to 64.5%. underemployment remained at 6.0%. monthly hours worked increased to 1,976 million. In seasonally adjusted terms, in January 2025: unemployment rate increased to 4.1%. participation rate increased to 67.3%. employment increased to 14,634,300. employment to population ratio increased to 64.6%. underemployment rate remained ...
From abs.gov.au|Jan 15, 2025In trend terms, in December 2024: unemployment rate remained at 4.0%. participation rate remained at 67.1%. employment increased to 14,573,800. employment to population ratio remained at 64.4%. underemployment rate decreased to 6.0%. monthly hours worked increased to 1,975 million. In seasonally adjusted terms, in December 2024: unemployment rate increased to 4.0%. participation rate increased to 67.1%. employment increased to 14,584,400. employment to population ratio increased to 64.5%. underemployment rate ...
From msn.com|Dec 11, 2024|1 commentAustralias job market continues to defy a weak economy, with unemployment dropping sharply in November on the back of another solid month of employment growth. The fall in unemployment to 3.9% might have put the kibosh on growing talk of an interest-rate cut in February. Economists had expected the jobless rate to rise to 4.2% over the month, in line with recent data showing that the economy struggled for air in the third quarter. The economy grew by just 0.8% over the year in the third quarter, a pace last seen when it was in ...
From abs.gov.au|Dec 11, 2024|2 commentsIn trend terms, in November 2024: unemployment rate remained at 4.0%. participation rate remained at 67.1%. employment increased to 14,544,200. employment to population ratio remained at 64.4%. underemployment rate remained at 6.2%. monthly hours worked increased to 1,970 million. In seasonally adjusted terms, in November 2024: unemployment rate decreased to 3.9%. participation rate decreased to 67.0%. employment increased to 14,535,500. employment to population ratio increased to 64.4%. underemployment rate ...
From abs.gov.au|Nov 13, 2024Key statistics In trend terms, in October 2024: unemployment rate remained at 4.1%. participation rate increased to 67.2%. employment increased to 14,541,200. employment to population ratio remained at 64.4%. underemployment rate remained at 6.3%. monthly hours worked increased to 1,971 million. In seasonally adjusted terms, in October 2024: unemployment rate remained at 4.1%. participation rate decreased to 67.1%. employment increased to 14,537,500. employment to population ratio remained at 64.4%. ...
From bnnbloomberg.ca|Oct 16, 2024|1 commentAustralias powerful stretch of hiring extended into September and the unemployment rate held steady, prompting a rise in the currency as traders scaled back bets on the Reserve Banks first interest-rate cut. Employment rose 64,100 driven by full-time jobs versus a forecast 25,000 gain, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed Thursday. The jobless rate was unchanged at a downwardly revised 4.1%. The Australian dollar rose as much as 0.4% to 66.91 US cents and the yield on policy-sensitive three-year government bonds jumped ...
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