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Australia Employment Change 16 February 2017

Australia Employment Change 16 February 2017: 13.5K for January 2017, above the 10K forecast and against 16.3K in December 2016 (first reported as 13.5K). It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 16 Feb 2017 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
13.5K
January 2017
Forecast
10K
The market consensus
Previous
16.3K
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 16 February 2017: 13.5K for January 2017 against a 10K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Feb 2017Jan13.5K10K16.3K
19 Jan 2017Dec13.5K10K37.1K
15 Dec 2016Nov39.1K20K15.2K
17 Nov 2016Oct9.8K20K-29.0K
20 Oct 2016Sep-9.8K15K-8.6K
15 Sep 2016Aug-3.9K15K25.3K
18 Aug 2016Jul26.2K11K10.8K
14 Jul 2016Jun7.9K10K19.2K
16 Jun 2016May17.9K15K0.9K
19 May 2016Apr10.8K12.5K25.7K
14 Apr 2016Mar26.1K20.0K-0.7K
17 Mar 2016Feb0.3K10K-7.4K
The release before:Australia Employment Change 19 January 2017The release after:Australia Employment Change 16 March 2017Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar