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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 15 February 2018

Australia Employment Change 15 February 2018: 16K for January 2018, above the 15K forecast and against 33.5K in December 2017 (first reported as 34.7K). It is the lowest reading since October 2017. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 15 Feb 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
16K
January 2018
Forecast
15K
The market consensus
Previous
33.5K
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 15 February 2018: 16K for January 2018 against a 15K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Feb 2018Jan16K15K33.5K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 18 January 2018The release after:Australia Employment Change 22 March 2018Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar