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Labour Force Survey (Apr.)

The modest decline of 2,100 in employment in suggests that the economy is still struggling to cope with lower oil prices. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.1%. We still believe that the worst isn’t over and expect the Bank of Canada eventually to lower interest rates again later this year.

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