Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%.( m3 G* S) E4 e. G
Job losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.. c( f- k. L9 q2 r( H$ W
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. ; y9 c& g/ }# h @) i/ ]& m
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 # q) W- j0 K. r1 k6 L; t5 v$ v7 y) c4 b3 u
That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. 6 L. o3 Z& L" S- M+ Y8 i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。 4 t/ H# S# g \7 e8 g$ f
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。. _% c' V; ]% w6 G% l
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. & @0 A3 G' r( H7 j& A