Canada employment chart March 2024
- Prior was +40.7K
Details:
- Unemployment rate 6.1% vs 5.9% estimate
- Prior unemployment rate 5.8%.
- Full-time employment -0.7K vs +70.6K last month.
- Part-time employment -1.6K vs. -29.9K last month.
- Average hourly wages permanent employees 5.1% vs 4.9% last month (prior revised to 5.0%)
- Participation rate 65.3% versus 65.3% last month.
USD/CAD was trading at 1.3557 ahead of the data and is up to 1.3624 afterwards. That's a good-sized move and the window is certainly opening for the Bank of Canada to cut rates before the Fed. Odds for June 5 are at 75% after the data compared to 68% beforehand.
