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Australia Employment Change 20 January 2022

Australia Employment Change 20 January 2022: 64.8K for December 2021, above the 43.3K forecast and against 366.2K in November 2021 (first reported as 366.1K). It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Jan 2022 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
64.8K
December 2021
Forecast
43.3K
The market consensus
Previous
366.2K
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 20 January 2022: 64.8K for December 2021 against a 43.3K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Jan 2022Dec64.8K43.3K366.2K
16 Dec 2021Nov366.1K205K-56K
11 Nov 2021Oct-46.3K50K-141.1K
14 Oct 2021Sep-138K-137.5K-146.3K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 16 December 2021The release after:Australia Employment Change 17 February 2022Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar