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Labour Force Survey (Mar.)

Employment increased by a robust 42,900 in March, driving the unemployment rate down to a four-month low of 6.9%, from 7.0%. Unfortunately, the bulk of the net jobs created last month were apparently part-time positions taken up by youths.

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