Topic: Statistics Canada
The economy created 21,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell a tick to 8.2 percent, official data showed Friday in a report highlighting recovery momentum. The increase in payrolls was mostly due to full-time jobs, while new part-time jobs declined after driving January's job rises to 43,000. The January jobless rate stood at 8 ...
Canada's economy grew at a faster than expected 5.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 from the same period a year earlier, a government agency said on Monday. The growth in gross domestic product (GDP), led by increases in personal expenditures, government spending and residential investments, was up from 0.9 percent in the third quarter, Statistics ...
Canada's economy grew at a faster than expected 5.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 from the same period a year earlier, a government agency has said. The robust growth in GDP -- led by increases in personal expenditures, government spending and residential investments -- was up from 0.9 percent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said. Analysts ...
