OTTAWA –
Statistics Canada will say this morning how the nation’s labour market made out in September after the financial system added jobs in August.
The financial system added 90,200 jobs in August to drop the unemployment fee to 7.1 per cent for the month, bringing it to the bottom stage for the reason that onset of the pandemic final yr.
Economists expect one other spherical of good points in September as reopenings took maintain, many out-of-work Canadians started exhausting unemployment advantages, and the beginning of the college yr allowed extra mother and father return to work.
Royal Financial institution economists Nathan Janzen and Claire Fan count on a acquire of fifty,000 jobs for the month, which might convey the nation to about 100,000 jobs from pre-pandemic ranges recorded in February 2020.
On Thursday, Financial institution of Canada governor Tiff Macklem stated he anticipated to see extra job good points heading ahead given the variety of job openings, even when firms report having a tough time discovering staff.
Macklem stated the method of matching unemployed staff with accessible jobs continues to be going to take a while.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Oct. 8, 2021.
