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- Canada adds 90,200 new jobs in August; unemployment rate declines to 7.1 percent
Canada adds 90,200 new jobs in August; unemployment rate declines to 7.1 percent
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Canada reported on Friday that the number of employed people rose by 90,200
m-o-m in August (or +0.5 percent m-o-m) after an unrevised increase of 94,000
m-o-m in the previous month. This was the smallest advance in Canada’s
employment in three months.
Economists
had forecast an advance of 100,000 m-o-m.
Meanwhile,
Canada's unemployment rate fell to 7.1 percent in August from 7.5 percent in
July, exceeding economists’ forecast for 7.3 percent. This was the lowest rate
since February 2020.
According
to the report, full-time employment rose by 68,500 (or +0.4 percent m-o-m) in August,
while part-time jobs grew by 21,700 (or +0.6 percent m-o-m).
In August,
the number of public sector employees jumped by 29,900 (or +0.7 percent m-o-m),
while the number of private sector employees went up 76,700 (or +0.6 percent
m-o-m). Meanwhile, the number of self-employed decreased by 16,400 (or -0.6 percent
m-o-m) last month.
Sector-wise,
employment gained in the services-producing sector (+0.6 percent m-o-m) but declined
marginally in the goods-producing business (-0.1 percent m-o-m).
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