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AUD/USD crashes as Australian unemployment rate jumps to 6.4%

Australia’s employment figures for July were certainly worse than expected: the economy lost around 300 jobs, contrary to expectations for a gain of 13.5K jobs and after a gain of 14.9K in June. Worse off, the unemployment rate leaped from 6% to 6.4%, the highest since 2002 – around 12 years.

AUD/USD fell nearly 90 pips, from 0.9250 to 0.9262  before bouncing back, but it seems unable to recapture the .93 line.

The details are not that bad: economy lost 14.8K part time jobs and gained 14.5K full time jobs. And the shocking headline jump in the unemployment rate is due to a good reason: a rise of the participation rate from 64.7% to 64.8%, which is nearly 2% more than in the US.

Nevertheless, and unemployment rate at the highest level in over a decade cannot be good news. The  unemployment rate is now higher than in the US, and this hasn’t been seen in a long time.

For events, analysis and levels, see the AUD to USD prediction.

Here is how it looks on the chart:

AUDUSD crashes August 7 2014 on jump in Australian unemployment rate 6 4

For reference, here is the preview: trading the Australian employment change with AUD/USD.

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.