CANADA CHURNS OUT NEW JOBS; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 7.1%
Canada's unemployment rate edged down to 7.1 per cent in September
- the lowest in more than three years - as the country
generated a better-than-expected 43,200 new jobs, Statistics Canada
reported Friday.
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U.S. JOBS REPORT DISAPPOINTS
The U.S. unemployment rate held steady at 5.4 per cent in September, as
96,000 jobs were added to payrolls, diappointing analysts who'd been
expecting 150,000 new jobs.
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