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Australia Employment Change 18 January 2018

Australia Employment Change 18 January 2018: 34.7K for December 2017, above the 9K forecast and against 63.6K in November 2017 (first reported as 61.6K). It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Jan 2018 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
34.7K
December 2017
Forecast
9K
The market consensus
Previous
63.6K
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 18 January 2018: 34.7K for December 2017 against a 9K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Jan 2018Dec34.7K9K63.6K
14 Dec 2017Nov61.6K19.2K7.8K
16 Nov 2017Oct3.7K17.5K26.6K
19 Oct 2017Sep19.8K15K53.0K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 14 December 2017The release after:Australia Employment Change 15 February 2018Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar