Canada Unemployment Rate

Country: Canada, CAD
Importance: Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
Actual
6.4%
Forecast
6.4%
Previous
6.4%
Next release
Actual
Coming in 18 days
Forecast
6.3%
Previous
6.4%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Apr 2008
6.1%
Mar 2008
6.0%
Feb 2008
5.8%
Jan 2008
5.8%
Dec 2007
5.9%
Nov 2007
5.9%
Oct 2007
5.8%
Sep 2007
5.9%
Aug 2007
6.0%

Canada Unemployment Rate is a percentage of unemployed workers in relation to the total civilian labor force. Unemployed people are those without a job who have been actively seeking work in the past four weeks.

The unemployment rate is a measure of the labor market state. The indicator decrease can have a positive effect on CAD quotes.

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