Canada’s unemployment rate holds steady at 6.5%

Article content Canada’s unemployment rate remained unchanged for the month of October at 6.5 per cent, with the economy adding 15,000 jobs, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The job gains were about half the consensus expectation of 27,000 new positions. Unemployment was up 0.8 per cent compared to the same time last year, with 193,000 more people looking for jobs or on temporary layoff. Article content The participation rate declined

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