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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 14 January 2016

Australia Employment Change 14 January 2016: -1.0K for December 2015, above the -12.5K forecast and against 75.0K in November 2015 (first reported as 71.4K). It is the lowest reading since September 2015. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 14 Jan 2016 at 00:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
-1.0K
December 2015
Forecast
-12.5K
The market consensus
Previous
75.0K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A strong employment gain can support the Australian dollar as markets see less reason for the RBA to cut rates, especially if full-time jobs also rise.

Australia Employment Change 14 January 2016: -1.0K for December 2015 against a -12.5K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 Jan 2016Dec-1.0K-12.5K75.0K
10 Dec 2015Nov71.4K-10K56.1K
12 Nov 2015Oct58.6K15K-0.8K
15 Oct 2015Sep-5.1K5K18K
10 Sep 2015Aug17.4K5K39.2K
6 Aug 2015Jul38.5K10K7.0K(R)
9 Jul 2015Jun7.3K-5K39.9K(R)
11 Jun 2015May42K11K-13.7K(R)
7 May 2015Apr-2.9K5.0K48.1K(R)
16 Apr 2015Mar37.7K15.0K41.9K(R)
12 Mar 2015Feb15.6K15.0K-14.6K(R)
12 Feb 2015Jan-12.2K5.0K42.4K(R)
The release before:Australia Employment Change 10 December 2015The release after:Australia Employment Change 18 February 2016Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar