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Australia Employment Change 19 May 2016

Australia Employment Change 19 May 2016: 10.8K for April 2016, below the 12.5K forecast and against 25.7K in March 2016 (first reported as 26.1K). 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 May 2016 at 01:30 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
10.8K
April 2016
Forecast
12.5K
The market consensus
Previous
25.7K
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 19 May 2016: 10.8K for April 2016 against a 12.5K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 May 2016Apr10.8K12.5K25.7K
14 Apr 2016Mar26.1K20.0K-0.7K
17 Mar 2016Feb0.3K10K-7.4K
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)
The release before:Australia Employment Change 14 April 2016The release after:Australia Employment Change 16 June 2016Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar