Canada: Jobs likely to grow by 5k in June - TDS

Analysts at TD Securities are looking for the Canadian labour market to shift into a lower gear with job growth of 5k in June, which if realized will register as the second weakest month since August 2018.

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“Details should prove more uplifting than the headline print. Modest employment growth should be sufficient to keep the unemployment rate unchanged at a multidecade low of 5.4%, and wage growth is poised to climb higher to 2.8% y/y owing to a muted increase last June.”

“In fact, base-effects will become a significant tailwind to wage growth over the coming months; wages for permanent workers declined by 0.03% m/m on average from June-October 2018, which compares with an average increase of 0.45% m/m over the last six months.”

“Elsewhere, we also look for a modest rebound in private employment after the loss of 20k private sector jobs last month.”