Statistics Canada is out with its latest jobs report. They say in August the number of jobs created rose by 59-thousand which is almost three times more than analysts expected. Locally, the unemployment rate last month was 6.1 percent a slight bump from 6 percent in July. The report also shows that the national unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 7.1 per cent.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Stats Can Out With Jobs Report
Statistics Canada is out with its latest jobs report. They say in August the number of jobs created rose by 59-thousand which is almost three times more than analysts expected. Locally, the unemployment rate last month was 6.1 percent a slight bump from 6 percent in July. The report also shows that the national unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 7.1 per cent.