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Between mid-2022 and early 2024, Canada's unemployment rate increased by 1.6%, a rise historically associated with recessionary periods in Canada since the 1970s. This increase, though smaller relative to its prior major recessions, was considered significant given its emergence from post-pandemic record lows.
Top news headlines of 2024, month-by-month. ... 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after Flight 1282 took off from Portland on January 5 ...
This is a list of countries by employment rate, the proportion of employed adults at working age. The definition of "working age" varies: Many sources, including the OECD, use 15–64 years old, [1] but EUROSTAT uses 20–64 years old, [2] the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 16 years old and older (no cut-off at 65 and up), [3] and the Office for National Statistics of the United ...
The economy of Canada is a highly developed mixed economy, [33] [34] [35] the world's ninth-largest as of 2024, and a nominal GDP of approximately US$2.117 trillion. [6] Canada is one of the world's largest trading nations, with a highly globalized economy. [36] In 2021, Canadian trade in goods and services reached $2.016 trillion. [37]
In the second quarter of this year, “the office sector set a record vacancy rate at 20.1%, breaking the 20% barrier for the first time in history,” a Moody’s analysis published today read ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada plans to ease a housing shortage by leasing public land to developers for construction of affordable houses under a plan unveiled by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on ...
The Latest: Trump meets with UK’s prime minister about drifting US support for Ukraine. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the White House to try to convince U.S. President Donald Trump that a lasting peace in Ukraine will endure only if Kyiv and European leaders are at the table as negotiations move forward with Moscow
The budget's main goal is to reduce the cost of living. [4]Notable for science policy were increases in research spending, in particular $2.6 billion to train Canadian researchers through grants, scholarships and fellowships for graduate students, $1.3 billion to improve affordability of post-secondary education through grants, interest-free loans, and housing allowances for students, and $734 ...