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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 16 June 2022

Australia Employment Change 16 June 2022: 60.6K for May 2022, above the 25K forecast and against 4.5K in April 2022 (first reported as 4K). It is the highest reading since February 2022. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 16 Jun 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
60.6K
May 2022
Forecast
25K
The market consensus
Previous
4.5K
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 16 June 2022: 60.6K for May 2022 against a 25K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Jun 2022May60.6K25K4.5K
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
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