Percentage Points: The Conference Board

The Conference Board: The think-tank says the index climbed 10 percentage points in August, suggesting that Fridays key labour market report from Statistics Canada will show a gain of about 8,500 jobs created in September, according to 660 News. The Conference Board says a 10-point gain in the index is significant, but only serves to offset the previous months drop and is still 10 points below the May level and OTTAWA The Conference Board says theres been an uptick in its help-wanted index that points to a moderate increase in job activity in Canada last month. That is close to the consensus of economists expectations for the month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.