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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 4 September 2015

Canada Unemployment Rate 4 September 2015: 7% for August 2015, above the 6.8% forecast and up from 6.8% in July 2015. It is the highest of the last 9 releases. 2 of the last 9 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 4 Sep 2015 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
7%
August 2015
Forecast
6.8%
The market consensus
Previous
6.8%
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 4 September 2015: 7% for August 2015 against a 6.8% forecast, with the last 9 releases
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The last 9 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
4 Sep 2015Aug7%6.8%6.8%
7 Aug 2015Jul6.8%6.8%6.8%
10 Jul 2015Jun6.8%6.9%6.8%
5 Jun 2015May6.8%6.8%6.8%
8 May 2015Apr6.8%6.9%6.8%
10 Apr 2015Mar6.8%6.8%6.8%
13 Mar 2015Feb6.8%6.7%6.6%
6 Feb 2015Jan6.6%6.7%6.7%
9 Jan 2015Dec6.6%6.6%6.6%
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