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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 6 October 2017

Canada Employment Change 6 October 2017: 10.0K for September 2017, below the 14.5K forecast and down from 22.2K in August 2017. It is the lowest reading since April 2017. 2 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 6 Oct 2017 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
10.0K
September 2017
Forecast
14.5K
The market consensus
Previous
22.2K
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 6 October 2017: 10.0K for September 2017 against a 14.5K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 Oct 2017Sep10.0K14.5K22.2K
8 Sep 2017Aug22.2K19K10.9K
4 Aug 2017Jul10.9K10K45.3K
7 Jul 2017Jun45.3K10.0K54.5K
9 Jun 2017May54.5K11K3.2K
5 May 2017Apr3.2K10K19.4K
7 Apr 2017Mar19.4K5K15.3K
10 Mar 2017Feb15.3K2.5K48.3K
10 Feb 2017Jan48.3K-5K46.1K
6 Jan 2017Dec53.7K-5K10.7K
2 Dec 2016Nov10.7K-20K43.9K
4 Nov 2016Oct43.9K-10K67.2K
The release before:Canada Employment Change 8 September 2017The release after:Canada Employment Change 3 November 2017Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar