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Labour Force Survey (Aug.)

The stronger than expected 34,300 rebound in August employment, which offsets a similar decline in the prior month, leaves employment barely higher than three months ago. Dwindling employment gains supports our view that the Bank of Canada will be forced to keep interest rates low for much longer yet.

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