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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 13 April 2017

Australia Employment Change 13 April 2017: 60.9K for March 2017, above the 20K forecast and against 2.8K in February 2017 (first reported as -6.4K). It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 13 Apr 2017 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
60.9K
March 2017
Forecast
20K
The market consensus
Previous
2.8K
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 13 April 2017: 60.9K for March 2017 against a 20K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
13 Apr 2017Mar60.9K20K2.8K
16 Mar 2017Feb-6.4K16K13.5K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 16 March 2017The release after:Australia Employment Change 18 May 2017Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar