 鲜花( 26)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Alberta lost 11,000 jobs in March, a figure Statistics Canada said is the first “notable” decline in over two years.
# i7 P4 b$ `+ ?; L0 |
* O* g: E( o' }" C8 OThe province’s unemployment rate is still the lowest in the country -- 4.8 per cent in March, a rise of 0.3 percentage points over the February figure., q2 I0 y! [3 X% Z
" T6 v% F/ \) f: @Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.0 O+ U9 _" D" M `! e+ u
8 }% j3 K# \, k& C/ S4 t; ?! X/ X4 ^9 eIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
% d" A7 s, m, `! O) q+ S( }' L, z
: X( J' U/ v$ C* FIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.
. k. U% _0 Z1 `. z7 o) ]# x( J: v" m2 m! C
Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
|