Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change (MoM)

The Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change, released by Statistics Canada, reports the number of people receiving unemployment benefits in Canada. A smaller number than expectations (or a decrease in the number of beneficiaries) might be bullish for the CAD, while a bigger number than expected (or an increase in the number of beneficiaries) should be bearish for the Canadian dollar.

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Most recent - Thursday 20 February 2025 13:30

-0.9%

Revised

Actual

-0.4%

Next event - Thursday 20 March 2025 12:30

Actual

The typical/expected market impact of this event is low.

Trading range

Announcement history

The most recent announced value for Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change (MoM) was -0.4%.

Past events

Date

Actual

Thursday 20 February 2025 13:30

-0.4%

Thursday 23 January 2025 13:30

-0.9%

Wednesday 18 December 2024 13:30

0.1%

Thursday 21 November 2024 13:30

-1.9%

Thursday 24 October 2024 12:30

1.5%

Thursday 19 September 2024 12:30

2.2%

Thursday 22 August 2024 12:30

1.3%

Thursday 18 July 2024 12:30

1.9%

Thursday 20 June 2024 12:30

-2.8%

Thursday 23 May 2024 12:30

0.1%

Thursday 18 April 2024 12:30

Thursday 21 March 2024 12:30

0.3%

Thursday 22 February 2024 13:30

1.4%

Friday 19 January 2024 13:30

1.7%

Wednesday 20 December 2023 13:30

0.7%

Thursday 16 November 2023 13:30

-0.9%

Thursday 19 October 2023 12:30

2.1%

Thursday 21 September 2023 12:30

Thursday 17 August 2023 12:30

1.8%

Thursday 20 July 2023 12:30

2.5%

Thursday 22 June 2023 12:30

-0.5%

Thursday 18 May 2023 12:30

-0.6%

Thursday 20 April 2023 12:30

Thursday 23 March 2023 12:30

-5%

Thursday 16 February 2023 13:30

-2%

Friday 20 January 2023 13:30

-5.4%

Thursday 15 December 2022 13:30

-3.2%

Thursday 17 November 2022 13:30

-5.6%

Thursday 20 October 2022 12:30

-4.1%

Thursday 22 September 2022 12:30

2.9%

Thursday 18 August 2022 12:30

-1.4%

Thursday 21 July 2022 12:30

0.3%

Thursday 23 June 2022 12:30

-3.8%

Thursday 19 May 2022 12:30

-7.2%

Thursday 21 April 2022 12:30

-10.8%

Thursday 24 March 2022 12:30

-0.4%

Economic context

Recent economic data has been strongly bullish for CAD. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change (MoM) result:

		Previous	Latest
Retail Sales (MoM)	Bullish change	0.2%	2.5%
Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM)	Bullish change	-0.7%	2.7%
BoC Consumer Price Index Core (MoM)	Bullish change	-0.3%	0.4%
BoC Consumer Price Index Core (YoY)	Bullish change	1.8%	2.1%
Consumer Price Index (MoM)	Bullish change	-0.4%	0.1%
Consumer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	1.8%	1.9%

About Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change (MoM)

Country:	Canada
Currency:	CAD
Source:	Statistics Canada
Category:	Labor Market
Frequency:	Monthly

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	Australia		Unemployment Rate s.a.
	Australia		Employment Change s.a.
	Canada		Unemployment Rate
	Canada		Net Change in Employment
	New Zealand		Unemployment Rate
	New Zealand		Employment Change
	United Kingdom		Employment Change
	United Kingdom		ILO Unemployment Rate (3M)
	United Kingdom		Claimant Count Change
	United States		Nonfarm Payrolls
	United States		ADP Employment Change
	United States		Average Hourly Earnings (MoM)
	United States		Average Hourly Earnings (YoY)
	Australia		Wage Price Index (QoQ)
	Australia		Part-Time Employment
	Australia		Participation Rate
	Australia		Full-Time Employment
	Canada		Average Hourly Wages (YoY)
	Germany		Unemployment Change
	Germany		Unemployment Rate s.a.
	Eurozone		Unemployment Rate
	Eurozone		Employment Change (QoQ)
	Japan		Labor Cash Earnings (YoY)
	Japan		Unemployment Rate
	New Zealand		Participation Rate
	New Zealand		Labour Cost Index (QoQ)
	United Kingdom		Claimant Count Rate
	United Kingdom		Average Earnings Including Bonus (3Mo/Yr)
	United Kingdom		Average Earnings Excluding Bonus (3Mo/Yr)
	United States		ISM Manufacturing Employment Index
	United States		Unit Labor Costs
	United States		Personal Income (MoM)
	United States		Nonfarm Payrolls Benchmark Revision
	United States		ISM Services Employment Index
	United States		Unemployment Rate
	United States		Nonfarm Productivity
	United States		JOLTS Job Openings
	United States		Initial Jobless Claims
	United States		Challenger Job Cuts
	United States		Labor Force Participation Rate
	United States		U6 Underemployment Rate
	United States		Employment Cost Index

Calendar - Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change (MoM) - Canada

Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change (MoM)

Most recent - Thursday 20 February 2025 13:30

Next event - Thursday 20 March 2025 12:30

Trading range

Trading range after each Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change (MoM) event

Announcement history

Past events

Economic context

About Employment Insurance Beneficiaries Change (MoM)

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