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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 18 October 2018

Australia Employment Change 18 October 2018: 5.6K for September 2018, below the 15K forecast and against 44.6K in August 2018 (first reported as 44K). 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Oct 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
5.6K
September 2018
Forecast
15K
The market consensus
Previous
44.6K
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 18 October 2018: 5.6K for September 2018 against a 15K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Oct 2018Sep5.6K15K44.6K
13 Sep 2018Aug44K15K-4.3K
16 Aug 2018Jul-3.9K15K58.3K
19 Jul 2018Jun50.9K10K13.5K
14 Jun 2018May12K18.8K18.4K
17 May 2018Apr22.6K20K-0.7K
19 Apr 2018Mar4.9K21K-6.3K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 13 September 2018The release after:Australia Employment Change 15 November 2018Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar