Details from the August 2015 Canadian employment change data report 4 September 2015

  • Prior +6.6k
  • Unemployment rate 7.0% vs 6.8% exp. Prior 6.8%
  • Full time change +54.4k vs -17.3k prior
  • Part time change -42.4k vs +23.9k prior
  • Participation rate 65.9% vs 65.7% prior
  • Q2 labour productivity rate -0.6% vs -0.6% exp . Prior -0.1%

Another topsy turvy employment report from Canada. I'll never get the wild swings in the full/part time numbers

USDCAD spilled to 1.3164 but is back to 1.3177

Canadian employment change, unemployment rate & participation rate