Some positive news on the jobless front. Statistics Canada says Thunder Bay's jobless rate for January fell to 5.7 per cent from 5.8 in December. Nationally, the unemployment rate dropped in December to 7.0 percent. That's down from 7.2 percent the month previous. Stats Can says over 29 thousand new jobs were created last month, many of those fulltime.
Friday, February 7, 2014
City Jobless Rate Drops
Some positive news on the jobless front. Statistics Canada says Thunder Bay's jobless rate for January fell to 5.7 per cent from 5.8 in December. Nationally, the unemployment rate dropped in December to 7.0 percent. That's down from 7.2 percent the month previous. Stats Can says over 29 thousand new jobs were created last month, many of those fulltime.
