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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 19 August 2021

Australia Employment Change 19 August 2021: 2.2K for July 2021, above the -46.2K forecast and down from 29.1K in June 2021. It is the lowest reading since April 2021. 8 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Aug 2021 at 01:30 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
2.2K
July 2021
Forecast
-46.2K
The market consensus
Previous
29.1K
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 19 August 2021: 2.2K for July 2021 against a -46.2K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Aug 2021Jul2.2K-46.2K29.1K
15 Jul 2021Jun29.1K30K115.1K
17 Jun 2021May115.2K30K-30.7K
20 May 2021Apr-30.6K15K77K
15 Apr 2021Mar70.7K35K88.7K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 15 July 2021The release after:Australia Employment Change 16 September 2021Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar