Canada released stronger third quarter GDP and November employment numbers Friday giving a boost to the Canadian dollar. Canada Nov net employment change was 79.5k vs 10.0k exp and Canada Q3 GDP was +1.7% vs +1.6% expected. The $USDCAD fell from around 1.2900 to 1.2780.
Canada released stronger third quarter GDP and November employment numbers Friday giving a boost to the Canadian dollar. Canada Nov net employment change was 79.5k vs 10.0k exp and Canada Q3 GDP was +1.7% vs +1.6% expected. The $USDCAD fell from around 1.2900 to 1.2780.
Canada November Employment Report
Canadian employment increased for the second consecutive month, up 80,000 in November. The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage points to 5.9%, the lowest rate since February 2008.
In the 12 months to November, employment was up by 390,000 (+2.1%), with all the gains attributable to full-time work (+441,000 or +3.0%) as part-time employment was down slightly. Over the same period, total hours worked grew by 1.0%. The unemployment rate trended downwards in the 12 months to November, falling 0.9 percentage points over this period.
- Net employment change was 79.5k vs 10.0k exp, 35.3k prev
- Unemployment Rate 5.9% vs 6.2% exp vs 6.3% prev
- Full time employment change 29.6k vs 88.7k prev
- Part time employment change 49.9k vs -53.4k prev
- Participation Rate 65.7% vs 65.7% prev
Canada Q3 GDP Canada Q3
- GDP was +1.7% vs +1.6% expected. September GDP +0.2% m/m vs +0.1% expected, August GDP -0.1%
- GDP +3.3% y/y vs +3.3% expected
- Exports -10.2% annualized
- Compensation +1.3% nominally (nearly 5% annualized)
- Government investment added 0.5 pp to growth
- Inventories added 1.0 pp to growth
- Business investment +3.7% annualized
- Residential investment -1.4% annualized
Source:
- Labour Force Survey, November 2017
- Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, third quarter 2017Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, third quarter 2017
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