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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 21 January 2021

Australia Employment Change 21 January 2021: 50K for December 2020, in line with the forecast and against 90K in November 2020 (first reported as 90.0K). It is the lowest reading since September 2020. It was released on Thu 21 Jan 2021 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
50K
December 2020
Forecast
50K
The market consensus
Previous
90K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The currency may still move on the unemployment rate, participation or job composition, but the headline itself is usually subdued.

Australia Employment Change 21 January 2021: 50K for December 2020 against a 50K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Jan 2021Dec50K50K90K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 17 December 2020The release after:Australia Employment Change 18 February 2021Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar