April’s 107,000 rise in employment blew the consensus out of the water and will encourage policymakers. But the increase was less impressive than it first seemed, with over half of the gain coming from part-time work among young people. Moreover, wage growth remains fairly low. So there is little prospect of the Bank of Canada putting interest rate hikes back on the table.
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