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Euro area · Employment

Euro Area Unemployment Rate EUR

Low impact Updated after every release
Next release Thu, Oct 1 09:00 UTC · consensus 6.5% · previous 6.4%  

What this release is

The Euro Area Unemployment Rate measures the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed across the Euro Area member states. This key employment indicator is published monthly by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Forex traders monitor this release as unemployment levels reflect the overall health of the Euro Area economy. A lower unemployment rate often signals economic strength, which can influence the European Central Bank’s monetary policy outlook. Expectations regarding potential changes in ECB policy can then affect the Euro’s valuation.

Market participants typically focus on the headline unemployment figure. Revisions to previous months’ data are also observed. The Euro Area Unemployment Rate release typically has a low impact on the foreign exchange market. After past releases, market reactions have generally been limited.

How hard it hits, measured

126 releases · own feed
Typical EURUSD move
7pips / 1h
Median absolute move in the hour after the release
Big-release move
11pips / 1h
Top-quarter releases move at least this much
Largest measured
36pips
Biggest one-hour reaction in our archive
Direction reliability
n/a
Unlocks after 8 live-captured releases with consensus. Measured, never estimated
Pair5 min15 min1 hourBig release (1h)
EURUSD2.9p3.5p7.0p11p
EURAUD3.8p5.9p8.9p17p
EURCAD3.3p4.5p6.7p12p
EURCHF1.8p2.4p5.6p8.6p
EURGBP1.9p3.0p6.2p12p
EURJPY3.2p5.0p8.5p13p
EURNZD3.0p6.0p10p19p

How we measure: moves come from our own MT4 price feed and our archived minute bars, sampled 5, 15 and 60 minutes after each release against the pre-release price. No estimates, no third-party numbers. Releases where our feed had a gap are skipped, never guessed.

What usually happens

conditional history
Beat above consensus EURUSD closed the hour lower in 5 of 9 cases · median -0.9p n=9 live
Miss below consensus EURUSD closed the hour lower in 6 of 10 cases · median -0.3p n=10 live
In line within the surprise band EURUSD closed the hour lower in 54 of 93 cases · median -0.9p n=93 live

These are counts of what happened after past releases, conditional on the surprise direction. They are history, not a forecast, and never a trade recommendation. Sample sizes are shown because small samples mislead; rows stay locked until the sample is honest.

Release history

accumulates every release
DateActualForecastPreviousRevised toEURUSD 1h
Sep 1, 20266.4%6.3%6.3%6.4%-0.3p—
Jul 30, 20266.3%6.3%6.2%6.3%+16p—
Jul 2, 20266.2%6.3%6.3%6.2%-10p—
Jun 10, 2026————+4.4p—
Jun 1, 20266.3%6.1%6.2%6.3%-7.0p—
Apr 30, 20266.2%6.2%6.2%—+15p—
Apr 1, 20266.2%6.2%6.2%—-0.8p—
Mar 4, 20266.2%6.1%6.2%6.3%+26p—
Jan 30, 20266.2%6.4%6.3%—+13p—
Jan 8, 20266.3%6.3%6.4%—+3.0p—
Dec 2, 20256.4%6.3%6.3%6.4%-3.3p—
Oct 30, 20256.3%6.3%6.3%—-9.5p—
Oct 2, 20256.3%6.3%6.2%—+1.2p—
Sep 1, 20256.2%6.2%6.2%6.3%-16p—
Jul 31, 20256.2%6.2%6.3%6.2%-17p—
Jul 2, 20256.3%6.1%6.2%—-5.4p—
Jun 3, 20256.2%6.3%6.2%6.3%+0.4p—
May 23, 2025————+7.1p—
May 2, 20256.2%6.2%6.1%6.2%+18p—
Apr 1, 20256.1%6.3%6.2%—-0.4p—
Mar 4, 20256.2%6.3%6.3%6.2%-0.5p—
Jan 30, 20256.3%6.4%6.3%6.2%-6.8p—
Jan 7, 20256.3%6.4%6.3%—+0.4p—
Dec 2, 20246.3%6.4%6.3%—+8.2p—

Showing the latest 24 of 124 tracked releases.

Reaction = EURUSD move 60 minutes after the release, measured from our own price history. Story links appear for releases our news desk covered; every release gets a row here whether or not it gets a story. Values from before our live tracking began are the current figures in the official statistical series, so they include later revisions; live rows record the number as printed.

Market statistics, not financial advice. All reaction figures are measured from our own price feed under our published methodology.
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