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Canada Unemployment Rate

Latest Release

May 06, 2022

Actual

5.2%

Forecast

5.2%

5.3%

The Unemployment Rate measures the percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the previous month.

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

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Currency: CAD

Source: Statistics Canada

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Jun 10, 2022 (May)	08:30			5.2%
May 06, 2022 (Apr)	08:30	5.2%	5.2%	5.3%
Apr 08, 2022 (Mar)	08:30	5.3%	5.3%	5.5%
Mar 11, 2022 (Feb)	09:30	5.5%	6.2%	6.5%
Feb 04, 2022 (Jan)	09:30	6.5%	6.2%	6.0%
Jan 07, 2022 (Dec)	09:30	5.9%	6.0%	6.0%

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