Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%. ' L: S% I3 L5 N' o8 x0 U3 nJob losses were bigger than economists had been expecting. _7 D1 k/ \; P/ C
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. . o) @7 N( w( `$ B# O8 q% A$ Z
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 0 I5 e3 {% S8 y
! f% C4 g+ \ s: mThat was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. 7 @2 p$ H) I3 ^* M: r7 B {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。 $ p. o: X- p- ]& j8 y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。2 Q, O- I7 s$ O6 U
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. 7 J9 G+ V! e4 S