Percentage Points: Unemployment Rate

unemployment rate: The Canadian economy lost 39,000 jobs last month, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.1 percentage points to 7.2 per cent. But Hamilton's unemployment rate dropped 0.2 points to level off at six per cent, according to CBC. But Statistics Canada reported Friday that levels rose in Alberta, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan, pushing the national average up and Hamilton's unemployment rate dropped in July, even though the national average rose. In Ontario, unemployment levels dropped in Guelph, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Peterborough and Oshawa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.