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Canada Employment Change

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Jun 09, 2017

Actual

54.5K

Forecast

11.0K

3.2K

Employment Change measures the change in the number of people employed. Job creation is an important indicator of consumer spending.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the CAD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the CAD.

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Currency: CAD

Source: Statistics Canada

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Jul 07, 2017 (Jun)	08:30			54.5K
Jun 09, 2017 (May)	08:30	54.5K	11.0K	3.2K
May 05, 2017 (Apr)	08:30	3.2K	10.0K	19.4K
Apr 07, 2017 (Mar)	08:30	19.4K	5.0K	15.3K
Mar 10, 2017 (Feb)	09:30	15.3K	2.5K	48.3K
Feb 10, 2017 (Jan)	09:30	48.3K	-5.0K	46.1K

News

Forex - USD/CAD slides after upbeat Canadian jobs report By Investing.com - Jun 09, 2017

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar slid lower against its Canadian counterpart on Friday, as upbeat Canadian employment data lent support to the local currency, altough lower U.S. political tensions also...

Canadian job creation surges in May but unemployment rate ticks up By Investing.com - Jun 09, 2017

Investing.com – Canada’s unemployment rate ticked up as expected in May although the economy created more jobs than expected, according to official data released on Friday. Specifically, ...

Canadian employment change 54.5K vs. 11.0K forecast By Investing.com - Jun 09, 2017

Investing.com - Canadian employment change rose more-than-expected last month, official data showed on Friday.In a report, Statistics Canada said that Canadian employment change rose to a seasonally ...

Analysis

Trading The CA Core Retail Sales, June 22, 2017 By Henry Liu - Jun 19, 2017

CA Core Retail Sales is going to provide market volatility for the CAD as Retail sales in extreme cases could affect the GDP reading, and we know GDP is basically a measurement of the economy. With ...

CAD Gains As BoC Gov Poloz Hawkish Leanings By Talking Forex - Jun 13, 2017

Daily FX Wrap: Further CAD gains as BoC Gov Poloz hawkish leanings; GBP seeing some near term relief, but still well off recent pre-election highs. Ahead of FOMC, US inflation and retail sales on the ...

Dollar Softens Ahead Of Start Of FOMC Meeting By Marc Chandler - Jun 13, 2017 1

The US dollar is trading with a heavier bias against all the major currencies save the Japanese yen. The Scandis and Canadian dollar are leading the move. Sweden reported a 0.1% rise in the headline ...

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Black Wolf Jun 09, 2017 12:03PM GMT

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Guys will be BUY on CAD news after 30 min ?.

Sikandar Ali Aug 07, 2015 11:20AM GMT

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USDCAD = DOWN

Carine Marcel Inocencio da Costa Apr 09, 2015 1:57PM GMT

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DOWN! CAD/JPY

Muhammad Sajjad Hussain Feb 05, 2015 12:30AM GMT

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usd cad down

Rashad Dadashov Feb 06, 2015 9:01AM GMT

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thank you! .

Rashad Dadashov Feb 06, 2015 9:46AM GMT

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you're right!

Neranjan Dissanayake Nov 07, 2014 3:38AM GMT

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USDCAD go up

Neranjan Dissanayake Nov 07, 2014 3:21AM GMT

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This data will weak the CAD. So today USDCAD will increase. Any way It is gradually increasing and this trend suggest the target 1.14800

Martin Dimitrov Oct 10, 2014 2:28PM GMT

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Beyyy-auuu-teeea-full :D

Dilina Sandika Oct 10, 2014 9:00AM GMT

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UP.

adnan ali mumtaz Oct 10, 2014 10:41AM GMT

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canada up or gbp?.

adnan ali mumtaz Oct 10, 2014 10:43AM GMT

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canada up or usd?

Rizki Prasetyo Oct 10, 2014 12:20PM GMT

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I Hope Up.

zubair jafar Sep 04, 2014 5:32PM GMT

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up or down guys ?.

pradyot kumar Aug 15, 2014 10:21AM GMT

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usd/cad u/p

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