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New Zealand Labor Force Participation Rate 2026-02-04 11:45 Pacific/Auckland: data, chart, and analysis

The 2025-12-31 Labor Force Participation Rate release printed 70.5. The previous reading was 70.3, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
70.5
Previous
70.3
Forecast
--
Public release ID
nzd_participation_rate_2026-02-04

New Zealand Labor Force Participation Rate release chart

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

New Zealand Labor Force Participation Rate chart through 2025-12-31
NZD Labor Force Participation Rate readings through 2025-12-31. Latest: 70.5.

Labor Force Participation Rate release read

The 2025-12-31 Labor Force Participation Rate release printed 70.5. The previous reading was 70.3, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

The parent Labor Force Participation Rate page shows the full time series for New Zealand. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For NZD 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 nzd_participation_rate_2026-02-04
API announcement ID nzd_participation_rate_2025-12-31
Release time
2026-02-03 22:45 UTC
Reference period date 2025-12-31
Actual value 70.5
Previous value 70.3
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1770158700

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full New Zealand Labor Force Participation 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 New Zealand Labor Force Participation Rate releases

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Newer release

2026-05-06 10:45 Pacific/Auckland · 70.4

Older release

2025-11-05 11:45 Pacific/Auckland · 70.3

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Employment Level

Total number of employed persons.

Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Part-Time Employment

Number of persons employed part-time.

Unemployment Rate

Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1770158700,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2026-02-04T11:45:00+13:00",
  "announcement_id": "nzd_participation_rate_2025-12-31",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-06-28T04:53:56.367387Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1782622436367387263,
  "date": "2025-12-31",
  "ingestion_latency_ms": 12463736367.387,
  "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_actual_release_datetime",
  "observation_id": "nzd_participation_rate_canonical_level_default_standard_period_2025-12-31",
  "official_actual_release_datetime": 1770158700,
  "official_actual_release_datetime_local": "2026-02-04T11:45:00+13:00",
  "previous_value": 70.3,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1770158700,
      "val": 70.5
    }
  ],
  "val": 70.5
}