The further contraction in employment in October and rise in the unemployment rate to a six-month high of 6.7% sit awkwardly with Macklem’s comments before MPs this week that the economy is “showing impressive resilience”. This does not necessarily alter the near-term interest rate outlook, which remains largely dependent on energy prices and inflation, but it adds to the evidence that the Bank’s current tightening cycle will be a limited one.
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