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Canada Unemployment Rate

Canada Unemployment Rate 10 July 2020

Canada Unemployment Rate 10 July 2020: 12.3% for June 2020, above the 12% forecast and down from 13.7% in May 2020. It is the lowest reading since March 2020. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 10 Jul 2020 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
12.3%
June 2020
Forecast
12%
The market consensus
Previous
13.7%
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 10 July 2020: 12.3% for June 2020 against a 12% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Unemployment Rate 10 July 2020: 12.3% vs 12% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-unemployment/2020-07-10

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
10 Jul 2020Jun12.3%12%13.7%
5 Jun 2020May13.7%15%13%
8 May 2020Apr13%18%7.8%
9 Apr 2020Mar7.8%7.2%5.6%
6 Mar 2020Feb5.6%5.6%5.5%
7 Feb 2020Jan5.5%5.6%5.6%
10 Jan 2020Dec5.6%5.8%5.9%
6 Dec 2019Nov5.9%5.5%5.5%
8 Nov 2019Oct5.5%5.5%5.5%
11 Oct 2019Sep5.5%5.7%5.7%
6 Sep 2019Aug5.7%5.7%5.7%
9 Aug 2019Jul5.7%5.5%5.5%
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