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Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate unexpectedly edged up to 5.6 percent in April of 2018 from 5.5 percent in the prior month while markets expected 5.5 percent. It is the highest jobless rate since last July, as the economy added 22,600 jobs while the number of unemployed increased by 10,600. Unemployment Rate in Australia averaged 6.88 percent from 1978 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 11.20 percent in December of 1992 and a record low of 4 percent in February of 2008.

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Australia Jobless Rate Rises to 9-Month High of 5.6%

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate unexpectedly edged up to 5.6 percent in April of 2018 from 5.5 percent in the prior month while markets expected 5.5 percent. It is the highest jobless rate since last July, as the economy added 22,600 jobs while the number of unemployed increased by 10,600.

In April, the number of unemployed went up by 10,600 to 741,000, as those looking for full-time work decreased by 17,100 to 506,100, while those looking for only part-time work rose by 27,600 to 234,900.

Employment increased by 22,600 to 12,501,000, above estimates of an increase of 20,000. Full-time employment increased by 32,700 to 8,543,400, while part-time employment dropped by 10,000 to 3.957,700.

The labour force participation rate inched up to 65.6 percent from 65.5 percent in a month earlier and beating expectations of 65.5 percent.

Seasonally adjusted monthly hours worked in all jobs increased by 19.4 million hours (1.11 percent) to 1,764.0 million hours. Meantime, the seasonally adjusted employment to population ratio remained steady at 61.9 percent in April.

ABS l Rida | rida@tradingeconomics.com
5/17/2018 1:50:45 AM

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-03-22	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.6%	5.5%	5.5%	3.3%
2018-04-19	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.5%	5.5%	5.5%	5.4%
2018-05-17	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	5.6%	5.5%	5.5%	5.5%
2018-06-15	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate		5.6%		5.4%
2018-07-20	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate				5.5%
2018-08-17	01:30 AM	Unemployment Rate				5.5%

Australia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.60	5.50	11.20	4.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	12501.00	12478.40	12501.00	5997.95	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	741.00	730.40	959.90	364.53	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	-10017.00	24416.00	72419.00	-73133.00	Persons	[+]
Full Time Employment	32700.00	-25100.00	76200.00	-81000.00	Persons	[+]
Employment Change	22600.00	-700.00	99100.00	-75000.00	Persons	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.60	65.50	65.80	60.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	12.60	12.40	20.10	7.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	100.20	100.80	104.21	58.20	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	101.20	100.50	102.50	45.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	220.80	210.80	220.80	28.40	Thousand	[+]
Job Advertisements	176418.43	176839.93	258093.41	69799.00		[+]
Wages	1191.50	1179.00	1191.50	59.10	AUD/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	2.10	2.10	4.30	1.90	percent	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	1309.40	1309.40	1309.40	333.00	AUD/Week	[+]
Minimum Wages	694.90	672.70	694.90	543.78	AUD/week	[+]
Population	24.70	24.13	24.70	10.39	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.50	65.50	65.50	62.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.50	65.50	65.50	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	3420.00	3440.00	3460.00	3420.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	2420.00	2430.00	2440.00	2420.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2440.00	2660.00	2660.00	2440.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	6110.00	6250.00	6250.00	6110.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	61.90	62.00	62.90	54.00	percent	[+]

Australia Unemployment Rate

In Australia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Australia Unemployment Rate at 5.8% in December - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Australia Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.60	5.50	11.20	4.00	1978 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Spain	16.74	Mar/18	16.55	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	13.10	Mar/18	12.6	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Italy	11.00	Mar/18	11	13.1	5.8	%	Monthly
Turkey	10.60	Feb/18	10.8	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
France	9.20	Mar/18	9	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.50	Mar/18	8.5	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Canada	5.80	Apr/18	5.8	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Australia	5.60	Apr/18	5.5	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.13	Mar/18	5.5	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Russia	4.90	Apr/18	5	14.1	4.8	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.20	Mar/18	4.2	12	3.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	3.90	Apr/18	3.9	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
United States	3.90	Apr/18	4.1	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
China	3.89	Mar/18	3.9	4.3	3.89	%	Quarterly
South Korea	3.80	Apr/18	4	7.1	2.9	%	Monthly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Germany	3.40	Mar/18	3.5	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Mexico	2.90	Mar/18	3.2	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.70	Apr/18	2.9	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Japan	2.50	Mar/18	2.5	5.5	1	%	Monthly