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Australia Employment Change 16 February 2023

Australia Employment Change 16 February 2023: -11.5K for January 2023, below the 20K forecast and against -19.9K in December 2022 (first reported as -14.6K). It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 16 Feb 2023 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
-11.5K
January 2023
Forecast
20K
The market consensus
Previous
-19.9K
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 February 2023: -11.5K for January 2023 against a 20K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Feb 2023Jan-11.5K20K-19.9K
19 Jan 2023Dec-14.6K22.5K58.2K
15 Dec 2022Nov64K19K43.1K
17 Nov 2022Oct32.2K15K-3.8K
20 Oct 2022Sep0.9K25K36.3K
15 Sep 2022Aug33.5K35K-41.0K
18 Aug 2022Jul-40.9K25K88.4K
14 Jul 2022Jun88.4K30K60.6K
16 Jun 2022May60.6K25K4.5K
19 May 2022Apr4K30K20.0K
14 Apr 2022Mar17.9K40K77.4K
17 Mar 2022Feb77.4K37K28.3K
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