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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 18 February 2016

Australia Employment Change 18 February 2016: -7.9K for January 2016, below the 15K forecast and against -0.8K in December 2015 (first reported as -1.0K). It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Feb 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
-7.9K
January 2016
Forecast
15K
The market consensus
Previous
-0.8K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A weak or negative result can weigh on the currency by increasing concern about labour-market cooling and possible rate cuts.

Australia Employment Change 18 February 2016: -7.9K for January 2016 against a 15K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Feb 2016Jan-7.9K15K-0.8K
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)
The release before:Australia Employment Change 14 January 2016The release after:Australia Employment Change 17 March 2016Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar