The economy added 73,000 positions in March as employers bulked up their staffing levels
Canada’s unemployment rate hit a record low in March as employers bulked up their staffing levels, the latest sign of frenetic activity in the country’s labour market.
The economy added 73,000 positions last month, following a blowout return of 337,000 in February, Statistics Canada said Friday. The unemployment rate fell to 5.3 per cent, which is the lowest in nearly five decades of comparable data from the country’s Labour Force Survey.Your time is valuable. Have the Top Business Headlines newsletter conveniently delivered to your inbox in the morning or evening.
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