The alleged drop in the Unemployment rate is mostly from folks who gave up looking for jobs, so don’t start thinking the economy is turning around (just yet). Employment was unchanged in February. A decline… Read More »Unemployment Drops a Little
Evidently the pundits were expecting better numbers, but employment numbers stayed virtually the same in January (compared to December) and thanks to the accounting method, unemployment actually jumped in January. Both full-time and part-time employment… Read More »Employment Hovers in January in Canada
The worst place to lose your job? Anywhere, really, being laid off is rarely a very good thing, and worst, is relevant.
Some disheartening news from Stats Canada on Friday from their December 2011 Canadian Labour Force Survey which states that employment rose by 18,000 in December, however the unemployment rate also edged up to 7.5% as… Read More »Unemployment Up to End 2011
On Friday our friends at Stats Canada published their Labour Force Survey for November 2011, which brought not good, but not too bad news, with unemployment rising (again) this month. Canada lost 19,000 jobs last… Read More »Unemployment up in November in Canada
