Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%. - P' g" p7 ?* s' l3 c: I- HJob losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.9 y1 v1 H, \* I5 _
Alberta lost nearly 15,000 jobs last month and its jobless rate jumped 4/10ths of a percentage point to 7.0 per cent, as the oil-related slump continued to take a toll. $ W- e8 @2 A1 L6 V1 n0 K' F5 ^
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 3 p1 f f: V' s. d/ E
/ c' r n# \& c: ^) QThat was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. q+ b# h5 u$ _' M1 n0 h: D( j
阿省是重灾区,在全国所有省中‘独占鳌头’,全国3万6人中, 阿省一个省就占1万5。但阿省人口占全国人口10%多一点。 + a, r/ h9 D" u
这种情况的出现是理所当然的。
从分布看, 主要是能源大省灾情严重, 非能源大省没有多少变化。& U4 g2 H; k$ u- t
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. 8 S4 Y; Z( r6 \/ D