Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 13 March 2015

Canada Unemployment Rate 13 March 2015: 6.8% for February 2015, above the 6.7% forecast and up from 6.6% in January 2015. It was released on Fri 13 Mar 2015 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
6.8%
February 2015
Forecast
6.7%
The market consensus
Previous
6.6%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: An unexpected rise would usually weigh on the Canadian dollar by pointing to more labour-market slack and a potentially easier Bank of Canada path.

Canada Unemployment Rate 13 March 2015: 6.8% for February 2015 against a 6.7% forecast, with the last 3 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 13 March 2015: 6.8% vs 6.7% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2015-03-13

The last 3 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
13 Mar 2015Feb6.8%6.7%6.6%
6 Feb 2015Jan6.6%6.7%6.7%
9 Jan 2015Dec6.6%6.6%6.6%