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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 22 March 2018

Australia Employment Change 22 March 2018: 17.5K for February 2018, below the 20K forecast and against 12.5K in January 2018 (first reported as 16K). 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 22 Mar 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
17.5K
February 2018
Forecast
20K
The market consensus
Previous
12.5K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A weak or negative result can weigh on the currency by increasing concern about labour-market cooling and possible rate cuts.

Australia Employment Change 22 March 2018: 17.5K for February 2018 against a 20K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 Mar 2018Feb17.5K20K12.5K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 15 February 2018The release after:Australia Employment Change 19 April 2018Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar