_QR77 Newsroom
11/6/2009
Employment in Alberta decreased by 15,000 in October, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.4 percentage points to 7.5 per cent.
Since October 2008, Alberta's employment has fallen more than three per cent - the steepest rate of decline among all provinces.
Nationally, the jobless rate rose to 8.6 per cent in October, a surprise to economists who expected a gain.
If there was good news, it was a marginal increase in full-time employment -most job losses came in the part-time category.
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