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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 March 2019

Canada Unemployment Rate 8 March 2019: 5.8% for February 2019, in line with the forecast and unchanged from 5.8% in January 2019. It was released on Fri 8 Mar 2019 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
5.8%
February 2019
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 March 2019: 5.8% for February 2019 against a 5.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 8 March 2019: 5.8% vs 5.8% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2019-03-08

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
8 Mar 2019Feb5.8%5.8%5.8%
8 Feb 2019Jan5.8%5.7%5.6%
4 Jan 2019Dec5.6%5.7%5.6%
7 Dec 2018Nov5.6%5.8%5.8%
2 Nov 2018Oct5.8%5.9%5.9%
5 Oct 2018Sep5.9%5.9%6%
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%
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