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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 June 2018

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 June 2018: 5.8% for May 2018, in line with the forecast and unchanged from 5.8% in April 2018. It was released on Fri 8 Jun 2018 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
5.8%
May 2018
Forecast
5.8%
The market consensus
Previous
5.8%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The Canadian dollar would usually move little unless employment, participation or wage details shift the overall jobs picture.

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 June 2018: 5.8% for May 2018 against a 5.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 8 June 2018: 5.8% vs 5.8% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2018-06-08

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
8 Jun 2018May5.8%5.8%5.8%
11 May 2018Apr5.8%5.8%5.8%
6 Apr 2018Mar5.8%5.8%5.8%
9 Mar 2018Feb5.8%5.9%5.9%
9 Feb 2018Jan5.9%5.8%5.8%
5 Jan 2018Dec5.7%6%5.9%
1 Dec 2017Nov5.9%6.2%6.3%
3 Nov 2017Oct6.3%6.2%6.2%
6 Oct 2017Sep6.2%6.3%6.2%
8 Sep 2017Aug6.2%6.3%6.3%
4 Aug 2017Jul6.3%6.5%6.5%
7 Jul 2017Jun6.5%6.6%6.6%
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