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Canada Employment Change

Canada Employment Change 5 January 2024

Canada Employment Change 5 January 2024: 0.1K for December 2023, below the 13.5K forecast and down from 24.9K in November 2023. It is the lowest reading since July 2023. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 5 Jan 2024 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
0.1K
December 2023
Forecast
13.5K
The market consensus
Previous
24.9K
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 January 2024: 0.1K for December 2023 against a 13.5K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
5 Jan 2024Dec0.1K13.5K24.9K
1 Dec 2023Nov24.9K15K17.5K
3 Nov 2023Oct17.5K22.5K63.8K
6 Oct 2023Sep63.8K20K39.9K
8 Sep 2023Aug39.9K15K-6.4K
4 Aug 2023Jul-6.4K21.1K59.9K
7 Jul 2023Jun59.9K20K-17.3K
9 Jun 2023May-17.3K23.2K41.4K
5 May 2023Apr41.4K20K34.7K
6 Apr 2023Mar34.7K12K21.8K
10 Mar 2023Feb21.8K10K150K
10 Feb 2023Jan150K15K69.2K
The release before:Canada Employment Change 1 December 2023The release after:Canada Employment Change 9 February 2024Canada Employment Change: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar