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Canada Labour Force Survey (May 2025)

The rise in employment in May was better than expected but, paired with recent data, still shows that the labour market is struggling. We are therefore sticking to our view that the Bank of Canada will cut interest rates by more than markets expect in the coming months, despite the decision to keep policy unchanged earlier this week.

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