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Canada May employment change +8.8k vs -12.5k expected

Prior +7.4k Unemployment rate 7.0% vs 7.0% expected Prior 6.9% Full-time employment +57.7k vs +31.5k prior Part-time employment -48.8k vs -24.2k prior Participation rate 65.3% vs 65.3% prior Average hourly wages +3.5% vs +3.5% prior StatCan notes that overall, there has been virtually no employment growth since January,…

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US April non-farm payrolls +139K vs +130K expected

Prior was +177K (revised to +147K) Two-month net revision: -95K versus -58K prior Unemployment rate: 4.2% versus 4.2% expected Prior unemployment rate: 4.2% Unrounded unemployment rate: 4.244% versus 4.1872% prior –highest unrounded print since October 2021 Participation rate: 62.4% versus 62.6% prior Average hourly earnings (m/m): +0.4% versus…

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