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Eastern and central Canada compete in job creation

April 14, 2011  By Alex Carrick | Daily Commercial News


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Eastern and central Canada compete in job creation
The two most significant measures for city labour markets are employment growth and the jobless rate.

April 14, 2011 – The two most significant measures for city labour markets are employment growth and the jobless rate. In the case of the former, a ranking of best to worst goes from the highest rate of change to lowest, year over year. For the latter, good news begins with a low monthly figure and becomes worse as the unemployment rate moves higher.

In the job-growth ranking of the 33 largest population centres in Canada, there are some surprises at the top, according to Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Information survey. | READ MORE

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