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Full-Time Employment (AUD)

Number of persons employed full-time.

Latest reading: 8169600.0 (2016-05-31)  ·  Thousands

Category: Labor Market

API Endpoint

/api/v1/announcements/aud/full_time_employment

Use the production OpenAPI schema for the authoritative REST route metadata.

https://fxmacrodata.com/api/openapi.json

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About Full-Time Employment (AUD)

Full-time employment for Australia tracks the number of workers in positions of 35 hours or more per week. Changes in full-time employment are seen as a higher-quality signal than total employment, which can be skewed by part-time work.

Why FX traders watch it

Full-time employment growth indicates sustained business confidence and demand for labour, signalling durable economic expansion and potential wage pressure that the Reserve Bank of Australia monitors closely.

How to interpret the data

Strong full-time job creation supports the aud as it implies businesses are expanding capacity. When full-time employment falls even as total employment rises, it may indicate a quality deterioration in the labour market.

Historical Full-Time Employment (AUD)

Source: RBA/ABS  ·  Monthly  ·  Thousands

Data provided by FXMacroData via the /api/v1/announcements/aud/full_time_employment endpoint. For access, see pricing.

Data Source

Primary Source

RBA/ABS

Official Series ID

h5-data.csv (Full-Time)

Data Format and Properties

Data Frequency

Monthly

Unit of Measure

Thousands

JSON Response Structure

The endpoint returns a chronological list of observations in JSON format. 

{
    "currency": "AUD",
    "indicator": "full_time_employment",
    "has_official_forecast": false,
    "start_date": "2023-01-01",
    "end_date": "2023-12-31",
    "data": [
        {
            "date": "2024-07-01",
            "val": 4.2,
            "announcement_datetime": 1722456000
        }
    ]
}

Request Parameters & Usage

Parameter Required Format Description
start_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional lower bound for the requested history.
end_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional upper bound. Defaults to the current date.
api_key CONDITIONAL string Required for non-USD announcement requests. USD announcement requests are public without an API key.

Example Usage

To retrieve Full-Time Employment data for AUD from 2023: 

GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/aud/full_time_employment?start_date=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY