Peterborough sees little change on the job front as unemployment rate drops by .1% The unemployment rate for the end of January sits at 7.2 per cent, relatively unchanged from last month's rate of 7.3 per cent. The jobs numbers were released Friday morning by Statistics Canada. Peterborough's rate has been steadily improving since reaching highs of 11 per cent in the summer. The rate of 7.2 per cent ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on February 3, 2012
December was a great month in Peterborough's unemployment rate. The new rate sits at 7.3%. COmapred to9.4% and if we compare this to our region throughout 2011, the rate was 11%.
In Canada, the unemployment rate is 7.4% compared 7.9% a month ago.
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on January 25, 2012
Employment rose for the third consecutive month, up 28,000 in June. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.4% as the number of people participating in the labour market increased. Over the past 12 months, employment has grown by 238,000 (+1.4%).
Employment was up in transportation and warehousing in June, while it fell in professional, scientific and technical ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on July 9, 2011
Peterborough's unemployment rate currently stands at 9.7 per cent, a slight increase from February.
Statistics Canada released job numberslast week for the month of March. The rate in Peterborough is two percent higher that the national average, while about 1.5 per cent higher than the Ontario average.
At this time last year, Peterborough's unemployment rate was 10.8 per cent.
It’s ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on April 16, 2011
Employment rose by 79,000 in November, bringing the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 8.5%. Despite November's gain, employment was 321,000 (-1.9%) below the peak of October 2008.
Full-time employment increased by 39,000 in November, the third consecutive monthly increase. Part-time employment also rose in November (+40,000), following ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on December 7, 2009
The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The unemployment rate for a particular age–sex group is the number unemployed in that group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for that group.
Canada's unemployment rate rose by two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.6 per cent in October from 8.4 per cent the previous ...
Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on November 6, 2009
Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force. The unemployment rate for a particular age–sex group is the number unemployed in that group expressed as a percentage of the labour force for that group.
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Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on October 16, 2009
27,100 job gains in August, but unemployment rate rises to 8.7%
Canada's unemployment rate rose to 8.7 per cent in August, from 8.6 per cent the previous month. The economy created 27,100 new jobs.
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Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on September 4, 2009
The U.S. economy shed 247,000 jobs in July, the fewest in a year, according to the Labour Department. The jobless rate also dropped to 9.4 per cent, from 9.5 per cent in June.
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Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on August 8, 2009
Canada's unemployment rate rose to 8.6 per cent in June from 8.4 per cent the previous month. The economy sheds 7,400 jobs during June.
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Posted by Constantine Isslamow
on July 11, 2009