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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 18 March 2021

Australia Employment Change 18 March 2021: 88.7K for February 2021, above the 30K forecast and against 29.5K in January 2021 (first reported as 29.1K). It is the highest reading since November 2020. 8 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Mar 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
88.7K
February 2021
Forecast
30K
The market consensus
Previous
29.5K
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 18 March 2021: 88.7K for February 2021 against a 30K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Mar 2021Feb88.7K30K29.5K
18 Feb 2021Jan29.1K40K50.1K
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
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