Employment Change: +366.1K for a huge, huge beat
- expected 200K, prior -46.3K
Unemployment Rate: 4.6% also for an enormous beat
- expected 5.0%, prior 5.2%
Full-Time Employment Change: +128.3K
- prior was -40.4K
Part-Time Employment Change: K
- prior was -5.9K
Participation Rate: 66.1% showing a big influx of participants into the jobs market. This makes the drop in the jobless rate even more impressive.
- expected 65.5%, prior was 64.7%
A very strong jobs report indeed, reopening in Australia's two largest population states a key driver of course.