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Australia Employment Change 19 May 2022

Australia Employment Change 19 May 2022: 4K for April 2022, below the 30K forecast and against 20.0K in March 2022 (first reported as 17.9K). It is the lowest reading since October 2021. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 May 2022 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
4K
April 2022
Forecast
30K
The market consensus
Previous
20.0K
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 19 May 2022: 4K for April 2022 against a 30K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 May 2022Apr4K30K20.0K
14 Apr 2022Mar17.9K40K77.4K
17 Mar 2022Feb77.4K37K28.3K
17 Feb 2022Jan12.9K0K64.7K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 14 April 2022The release after:Australia Employment Change 16 June 2022Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar