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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 14 September 2017

Australia Employment Change 14 September 2017: 54.2K for August 2017, above the 15K forecast and against 29.2K in July 2017 (first reported as 27.9K). It is the highest reading since March 2017. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 14 Sep 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
54.2K
August 2017
Forecast
15K
The market consensus
Previous
29.2K
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 September 2017: 54.2K for August 2017 against a 15K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 Sep 2017Aug54.2K15K29.2K
17 Aug 2017Jul27.9K20K20.0K
20 Jul 2017Jun14.0K15K38.0K
15 Jun 2017May42.0K10K46.2K
18 May 2017Apr37.4K5K60.0K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 17 August 2017The release after:Australia Employment Change 19 October 2017Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar