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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 17 August 2023

Australia Employment Change 17 August 2023: -14.6K for July 2023, below the 15K forecast and against 31.6K in June 2023 (first reported as 32.6K). It is the lowest reading since December 2022. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 17 Aug 2023 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
-14.6K
July 2023
Forecast
15K
The market consensus
Previous
31.6K
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 17 August 2023: -14.6K for July 2023 against a 15K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Aug 2023Jul-14.6K15K31.6K
20 Jul 2023Jun32.6K15K76.6K
15 Jun 2023May75.9K15K-4.0K
18 May 2023Apr-4.3K25K61.1K
13 Apr 2023Mar53K20K63.6K
16 Mar 2023Feb64.6K48.5K-10.9.5K
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
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