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Switzerland Unemployment Rate 2018-09-30 09:00 Europe/Zurich: data, chart, and analysis

Switzerland Unemployment Rate came in at 4.42 on Sep 30, 2018, compared with 4.62 previously. See the full release history, chart, Swiss National Bank context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
4.42
Previous
4.62
Forecast
--
Public release ID
chf_unemployment_2018-09-30

Switzerland Unemployment Rate release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Switzerland Unemployment Rate chart through 2018-09-30
CHF Unemployment Rate readings through 2018-09-30. Latest: 4.42.

Unemployment Rate release read

Switzerland Unemployment Rate came in at 4.42 on Sep 30, 2018, compared with 4.62 previously. See the full release history, chart, Swiss National Bank context, and API access for this series.

The parent Unemployment Rate page shows the full time series for Switzerland. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For CHF event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID chf_unemployment_2018-09-30
Release time
2018-09-30 07:00 UTC
Reference period date 2018-09-30
Actual value 4.42
Previous value 4.62
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1538290800

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Switzerland Unemployment Rate history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More Switzerland Unemployment Rate releases

Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Newer release

2018-12-31 09:00 Europe/Zurich · 4.6

Older release

2018-06-30 09:00 Europe/Zurich · 4.62

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Employment Level

Total number of employed persons.

Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Part-Time Employment

Number of persons employed part-time.
Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1538290800,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2018-09-30T09:00:00+02:00",
  "announcement_id": "chf_unemployment_2018-09-30",
  "change_from_previous": -0.20000000000000018,
  "date": "2018-09-30",
  "observation_id": "chf_unemployment_canonical_level_nsa_standard_period_2018-09-30",
  "pct_change_from_previous": -4.33,
  "previous_announcement_datetime": 1530342000,
  "previous_date": "2018-06-30",
  "previous_value": 4.62,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1538290800,
      "val": 4.42
    }
  ],
  "source": "FSO",
  "source_url": "https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home.html",
  "source_url_scope": "series",
  "val": 4.42
}