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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 5 August 2016

Canada Employment Change 5 August 2016: -31.2K for July 2016, below the 10K forecast and down from -0.7K in June 2016. It is the lowest reading since November 2015. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 5 Aug 2016 at 12:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics Canada. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
-31.2K
July 2016
Forecast
10K
The market consensus
Previous
-0.7K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A miss or outright job losses would usually weigh on the Canadian dollar by pointing to a softer labour market and greater scope for rate cuts.

Canada Employment Change 5 August 2016: -31.2K for July 2016 against a 10K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
5 Aug 2016Jul-31.2K10K-0.7K
8 Jul 2016Jun-0.7K5K13.8K
10 Jun 2016May13.8K3.8K-2.1K
6 May 2016Apr-2.1K1K40.6K
8 Apr 2016Mar40.6K10K-2.3K
11 Mar 2016Feb-2.3K9K-5.7K
5 Feb 2016Jan-5.7K5.5K22.8K
8 Jan 2016Dec22.8K10K-35.7K
4 Dec 2015Nov-35.7K-10K44.4K
6 Nov 2015Oct44.4K10K12.1K
9 Oct 2015Sep12.1K10K12K
4 Sep 2015Aug12K-4.5K6.6K
The release before:Canada Employment Change 8 July 2016The release after:Canada Employment Change 9 September 2016Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar