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The unemployment rate continues to decline in the Red Deer region. (File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Unemployment rate continues to slide in Red Deer region

Fewer unemployed in Alberta in April

 

Red Deer Region’s unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in February, much better than the 9.9 per cent a year ago. (Black Press file photo)

February unemployment at 7.1 per cent in Red Deer region

Up slightly from January but well below 9.9 per cent of February 2021

 

FILE - A traveller wheels her baggage past a now hiring sign outside a bar and restaurant Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Sioux Falls, S.D. America’s employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding 210,000 jobs, the lowest monthly gain in nearly a year. Friday, Dec. 3 report from the Labor Department also showed that the nation's unemployment rate tumbled from 4.6% to 4.2% evidence that many more people reported that they had a job. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

US jobless claims drop 52-year low amid seasonal volatility

US jobless claims drop 52-year low amid seasonal volatility

 

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