Unemployment Rate

unemployment rate: OTTAWA The unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 per cent in September its lowest level since 2008 as fewer young people looked for work, Statistics Canada said Friday, according to The Chronicle Herald. The gain in jobs followed the addition of 59,200 jobs in August and The improvement in the unemployment rate from 7.1 per cent in August came as the economy added 11,900 new jobs for the month, just ahead of the 10,000 that had been expected by economists. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.