Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%. 6 ^2 `6 d9 C' P* BJob losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.- Y) _& e q1 z# S+ T- L" y8 x
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. 7 _ T2 D9 }7 D5 [上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 " _7 D' _" F. P# U
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That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high.9 C* \/ \* i6 ~
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。 5 f5 t, S& d1 ], \+ P/ [. P
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。: z+ E0 ^' o9 T4 v# Z
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged.. a$ z; c7 ~9 z l& X, u