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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 7 September 2018

Canada Unemployment Rate 7 September 2018: 6% for August 2018, above the 5.9% forecast and up from 5.8% in July 2018. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 7 Sep 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
6%
August 2018
Forecast
5.9%
The market consensus
Previous
5.8%
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 7 September 2018: 6% for August 2018 against a 5.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 7 September 2018: 6% vs 5.9% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2018-09-07

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 Sep 2018Aug6%5.9%5.8%
10 Aug 2018Jul5.8%5.9%6%
6 Jul 2018Jun6%5.8%5.8%
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%
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