Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%.: s- x) A+ A6 M# i
Job losses were bigger than economists had been expecting., g* J9 g5 N4 S/ Q6 K
Alberta lost nearly 15,000 jobs last month and its jobless rate jumped 4/10ths of a percentage point to 7.0 per cent, as the oil-related slump continued to take a toll. " C* ]: I- ^( ]上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 1 o) e; u% ?$ k) y5 s( v8 p
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That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high.3 H; x$ L, b, }6 a6 H8 ]5 @
阿省是重灾区,在全国所有省中‘独占鳌头’,全国3万6人中, 阿省一个省就占1万5。但阿省人口占全国人口10%多一点。 1 V" m2 O& y8 f+ K
这种情况的出现是理所当然的。
从分布看, 主要是能源大省灾情严重, 非能源大省没有多少变化。/ w+ @' d. ?% G
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. 7 L! s' c; x' |' g