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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 16 September 2021

Australia Employment Change 16 September 2021: -146.3K for August 2021, below the -90K forecast and against 3.1K in July 2021 (first reported as 2.2K). It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 16 Sep 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
-146.3K
August 2021
Forecast
-90K
The market consensus
Previous
3.1K
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 16 September 2021: -146.3K for August 2021 against a -90K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Sep 2021Aug-146.3K-90K3.1K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 19 August 2021The release after:Australia Employment Change 14 October 2021Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar