Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%.# `' O3 W/ ?- R4 ^) }. J) j
Job losses were bigger than economists had been expecting., p G3 _8 R! u3 l; G9 h3 a' a
Alberta lost nearly 15,000 jobs last month and its jobless rate jumped 4/10ths of a percentage point to 7.0 per cent, as the oil-related slump continued to take a toll. % o1 ^7 A! s/ m! W4 t- e/ M1 K
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 ; }, f7 f- ?6 k5 K$ H; w
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That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. 5 w0 ]4 c! N* y+ {1 B阿省是重灾区,在全国所有省中‘独占鳌头’,全国3万6人中, 阿省一个省就占1万5。但阿省人口占全国人口10%多一点。 & O% U" U6 ?( I; z% ?# H
这种情况的出现是理所当然的。
从分布看, 主要是能源大省灾情严重, 非能源大省没有多少变化。# Y6 m6 z9 o' ~ b) z" b0 J- Y
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. % ~" V3 t3 K" ~4 `) U