The Statistics Canada released the Canadian Employment Change data that came out better-than-expected of 9.3K, compare to forecasted 6.8K.
Note, that the US Non-Farm Employment Change was released at the same time with the US Employment Change.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the US Non-Farm Employment Change that came out better-than-expected of 312K, compare to forecasted 179K.
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| Historical Data Table: Employment Change | Economic Calendar for 09.01.2019 | ||||||||
| Date | 11.05.2018 | 13.06.2018 | 06.07.2018 | 10.08.2018 | 04.01.2019 | 15:00 PM | CAD Overnight rate | ||
| Actual | -1.1K | -7.5K | 31.8K | 54.1K | 9.3K | 15:30 PM | US Crude Oil Inventories | ||
| Forecast | 17.8K | 19.1K | 22.3K | 17.0K | 6.8K | 19:00 PM | US FOMC Meeting Minutes | ||
| Initial Reaction on Main Pairs | Open Position Proportions on 20.12.2018 | ||||||||
| Open Price | Close Price | % Change | Longs | Shorts | |||||
| AUD/CAD | 0.94639 | 0.94634 | -0.01% | AUD/CAD | 73.06% | 26.94% | |||
| CAD/CHF | 0.73423 | 0.73472 | 0.07% | CAD/CHF | 73.49% | 26.51% | |||
| EUR/CAD | 1.5323 | 1.53136 | -0.06% | EUR/CAD | 28.22% | 71.78% | |||
| USD/CAD | 1.34371 | 1.34621 | 0.19% | USD/CAD | 25.33% | 74.67% | |||