Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%. ' t0 s. b' R0 {8 |: _' n5 r/ ~Job losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.5 a3 B( a+ h$ d4 @! `; e3 M
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. - I4 f: d0 ]$ K上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 ) K& l9 ]7 O$ X/ C
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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. 0 b# g+ {9 m$ t6 d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。 2 Q6 z% J# ^5 ^9 ]( z) {7 ]" V
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。- L0 Z! j1 O4 x, S3 B w, [
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged.8 S9 M, G" W6 o7 H, s" ]* [' P