Employment Change

Employment Change is an economic indicator usually released on a monthly basis and used by fundamental analysts to determine the health of an economy.

It tracks the number of jobs that were gained or lost in a country over the course of a month. A negative figure means that more people were made redundant than employed. A positive figure means that more people found jobs than lost them in the previous month.

Employment Change is an important indicator because the job market is directly related to consumer spending. In other words, more gainfully employed people means more being spent on goods and services, which is good for the economy.