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Canadian employment falls by 21,900 but headline unemployment rate falls to 7.0 %

Posted on February 8, 2013 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Statistics Canada has released its latest Labour force survey for the month of January. It shows that unemployment has fallen to 7.0 % but there are 21,900 fewer people employed and the fall in the headline rate is due to … Continue reading →

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