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Canada Unexpectedly Adds Jobs In October
Canada Unexpectedly Adds Jobs In October
Country gains a net 43,900 jobs as the national unemployment rate stayed at 7.0%
By Kim Mackrael
kim.mackrael@wsj.com
http://twitter.com/kimmackrael
Updated Nov. 4, 2016 10:24 a.m. ET
OTTAWA—Canada unexpectedly added jobs in October on a surge in part-time positions while the unemployment rate remained the same.
Canada added a net 43,900 jobs in October, and the national unemployment rate remained at 7.0% as more people joined the labor market, Statistics Canada said Friday. Expectations were for a loss of 15,000 jobs and no change in the jobless rate, according to economists at Royal Bank of Canada.
Country gains a net 43,900 jobs as the national unemployment rate stayed at 7.0%
By Kim Mackrael
kim.mackrael@wsj.com
http://twitter.com/kimmackrael
Updated Nov. 4, 2016 10:24 a.m. ET
OTTAWA—Canada unexpectedly added jobs in October on a surge in part-time positions while the unemployment rate remained the same.
Canada added a net 43,900 jobs in October, and the national unemployment rate remained at 7.0% as more people joined the labor market, Statistics Canada said Friday. Expectations were for a loss of 15,000 jobs and no change in the jobless rate, according to economists at Royal Bank of Canada.
