By rdnewsNOW staff and The Canadian Press

Red Deer area unemployment numbers continue to drop

Dec 7, 2018 | 7:52 AM

RED DEER- Stats Canada has released the Red Deer area unemployment numbers for November.

The jobless rate was 5.4 per cent last month, a big drop from the October rate of 6.3%.

The provincial rate last month was also lower at 6.3%, it was 7.3% in October. Alberta reported a net gain of nearly 24,000 new jobs, driven by full-time job growth. 

National numbers were also positive, according to Statistics Canada.

The economy created a whopping 94,000 new jobs last month and that knocked the unemployment rate down to 5.6 per cent. That’s the lowest jobless level recorded in more than 40-years.

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The November employment surge was fuelled by the addition of 89,900 full-time positions – the largest monthly increase since March 2012 when there was a gain of 94,000 jobs.