In September, unemployment in Canada was 5.9%, having decreased from 6% in August, Statistics Canada reported. September unemployment rate coincided with the forecasts of experts. Due to the increase in part-time work, the Canadian economy has added 63,330 jobs in September compared with August. Compared to the same month last year, the number of employees increased by 222 thousand. Employment reached 65.4%, having increased from 65.3% a month earlier. Such areas of the Canadian economy as construction, finance, insurance and real estate have shown employment growth.
June had seen Japan’s industrial output breaking its four-month slump. The recuperation could be attributed to a modest recovery seen in broader business and consumer activity after the world’s third-biggest economy suffered from ...
Spain’s unemployment rose to 15.33% for the second quarter of 2020, according to Tuesday’s data from the National Statistics Institute amid the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country. The unemployment rate surged past the ...
Australia had seen its employment rate dropping 1.1% between mid-June and mid-July, weekly data showed on Tuesday. In addition to this, the southeastern state of Victoria recorded the sharpest plunge in employment as the state suffers from ...
Financial markets saw record heights earlier on Friday, with the Euro continuing its 21-month gain streak and gold prices hitting its highest level amid a weakened Dollar. The Euro soared above the Dollar by 1.7%, trading at $1.1616 for the ...
China's diesel exports for June fell by 50% year-on-year, a record low since September 2018 as lockdown measures around the world continued to curb fuel demand. China exported has 1.04 million tons of diesel, compared to the 1.45 million and ...