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US January non-farm payrolls +143K vs +170K expected

Two-month net revision: +100K versus -8K prior Unemployment rate: 4.0% versus 4.1% expected Unrounded unemployment rate: 4.0113% versus 4.0855% prior Prior unemployment rate: 4.1% Participation rate: 62.6% versus 62.5% prior U6 underemployment rate: 7.5% versus 7.5% prior Average hourly earnings (m/m): +0.5% versus +0.3% expected and +0.3% prior…

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Canada January employment change 76.0K vs 25.0K estimate

Prior month 90.9K (was expecting 25.0 K). Revised sharply higher to 179.1 K Employment change 76.0K vs 25.0 K estimate. This is the 3rd consecutive monthly gain following increases in December (+91,000; +0.4%) and November (+44,000; +0.2%). Unemployment rate 6.6% versus 6.8% estimate. Last month 6.7% Full time…

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