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Australia Employment Change 17 December 2020

Australia Employment Change 17 December 2020: 90.0K for November 2020, above the 50K forecast and against 180.3K in October 2020 (first reported as 178.8K). It is the sixth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 17 Dec 2020 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
90.0K
November 2020
Forecast
50K
The market consensus
Previous
180.3K
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 17 December 2020: 90.0K for November 2020 against a 50K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Dec 2020Nov90.0K50K180.3K
19 Nov 2020Oct178.8K-30K-42.5K
15 Oct 2020Sep-29.5K-35K129.1K
17 Sep 2020Aug111K-50K119.2K
13 Aug 2020Jul114.7K40K228.3K
16 Jul 2020Jun210.8K112.5K-264.1K
18 Jun 2020May-227.7K-125K-607.4K
14 May 2020Apr-594.3K-575K0.7K
16 Apr 2020Mar5.9K-40K25.6K
19 Mar 2020Feb26.7K10K12.9K
20 Feb 2020Jan13.5K10K28.7K
23 Jan 2020Dec28.9K15K38.5K
The release before:Australia Employment Change 19 November 2020The release after:Australia Employment Change 21 January 2021Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar