Results: Rounds of invitations Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system – July 25, 2018
It looks like the race of a total applicants in the pool has slowed down a little bit.
However also it optically looks like the pool went down, it is not true. Please be aware that the draw 2 weeks ago was after 16 days instead of 14 days. And that difference of 2 days would be the negative difference of the pool.
So right now app. 3800 people make their EE profiles every 2 weeks (make, re-make or return to the pool after declining ETA).
Another interesting fact is, that Candidates under 400 are stagnating (and even decreasing), however the upper part 400+ is still gaining momentum (increasing).
So what happened is, people start to understand the fact - either get good score, be a tradesman or go home.
At least it's down by a point, even after 2 IELTS results. Now everyone hope they just continue doing it every 2 weeks till end of year! And next draw, size should be 4000 going by the trend!