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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 18 January 2024

Australia Employment Change 18 January 2024: -65.1K for December 2023, below the 17.6K forecast and against 72.6K in November 2023 (first reported as 61.5K). It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Jan 2024 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
-65.1K
December 2023
Forecast
17.6K
The market consensus
Previous
72.6K
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 18 January 2024: -65.1K for December 2023 against a 17.6K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Jan 2024Dec-65.1K17.6K72.6K
14 Dec 2023Nov61.5K11K42.7K
16 Nov 2023Oct55K20K7.8K
19 Oct 2023Sep6.7K20K63.3K
14 Sep 2023Aug64.9K23K-1.4K
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
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