Red Deer area unemployment rate continues to fall

RED DEER- More positive news about the number of people unemployed in the Red Deer area.

The jobless rate dropped from 7 per cent in June to 5.8 per cent last month.

The unemployment rate in our area was all the way up to 9 per cent in May.

However the story was much different across the rest of Alberta.

Stats Canada numbers show our province lost 14-thousand jobs in July, raising the provincial unemployment rate to 7.8 per cent from 7.4 per cent in June.

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Nationally, the jobless rate fell to its lowest point since October of 2008.

The unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a per cent to 6.3 per cent as the number of people job-hunting dropped.

The economy added almost 11-thousand jobs, marking the eighth straight month of growth.

(Gary McKinnon – The Canadian Press)