CANADIAN HIRING STRONG IN FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2019
By Gordon Isfeld OTTAWA (MaceNews) – Canada’s labour market appears to be following a different course than the economy as a whole, with February marking the second straight month of strong job growth and an unemployment rate that was unchanged from the previous month at 5.8%, according to the national data agency Friday. Since the start of 2019, […]
US FEB PAYROLLS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT; REASONS UNCLEAR
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The slowdown in jobs growth in February was so abrupt – payrolls growth of only 20,000 – that analysts were trying to judge to what extent the results reflected special circumstances. The contrast with January’s remarkable surge in job creation went beyond a typical backwash in the following month, especially since January […]