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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 8 November 2019

Canada Employment Change 8 November 2019: -1.8K for October 2019, below the 15.9K forecast and down from 53.7K in September 2019. It is the lowest reading since July 2019. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 8 Nov 2019 at 13:30 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
-1.8K
October 2019
Forecast
15.9K
The market consensus
Previous
53.7K
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 8 November 2019: -1.8K for October 2019 against a 15.9K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
8 Nov 2019Oct-1.8K15.9K53.7K
11 Oct 2019Sep53.7K10K81.1K
6 Sep 2019Aug81.1K15K-24.2K
9 Aug 2019Jul-24.2K12.5K-2.2K
5 Jul 2019Jun-2.2K10K27.7K
7 Jun 2019May27.7K8K106.5K
10 May 2019Apr106.5K10K-7.2K
5 Apr 2019Mar-7.2K1K55.9K
8 Mar 2019Feb55.9K0.0K66.8K
8 Feb 2019Jan66.8K8K-1.3K
4 Jan 2019Dec9.3K5.5K94.1K
7 Dec 2018Nov94.1K11K11.2K
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