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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 9 October 2015

Canada Unemployment Rate 9 October 2015: 7.1% for September 2015, above the 6.9% forecast and up from 7% in August 2015. It is the highest of the last 10 releases. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 9 Oct 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
7.1%
September 2015
Forecast
6.9%
The market consensus
Previous
7%
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 9 October 2015: 7.1% for September 2015 against a 6.9% forecast, with the last 10 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 9 October 2015: 7.1% vs 6.9% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2015-10-09

The last 10 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
9 Oct 2015Sep7.1%6.9%7%
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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