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Australia Employment Change

Australia Employment Change 18 July 2024

Australia Employment Change 18 July 2024: 50.2K for June 2024, above the 20K forecast and against 39.5K in May 2024 (first reported as 39.7K). It is the highest reading since February 2024. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Jul 2024 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
50.2K
June 2024
Forecast
20K
The market consensus
Previous
39.5K
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 18 July 2024: 50.2K for June 2024 against a 20K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Jul 2024Jun50.2K20K39.5K
13 Jun 2024May39.7K30K37.4K
16 May 2024Apr38.5K23.7K-5.9K
18 Apr 2024Mar-6.6K7.2K117.6K
21 Mar 2024Feb116.5K40K15.3K
15 Feb 2024Jan0.5K30K-62.8K
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
The release before:Australia Employment Change 13 June 2024The release after:Australia Employment Change 15 August 2024Australia Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar