Red Deer area unemployment rate continues to fall

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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)