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Canada’s unemployment rate ticked down to 6.5 per cent in January. (CBC)
Canada’s unemployment rate ticked down to 6.5 per cent in January, and the economy lost 25,000 jobs, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jenna Benchetrit is the senior business writer for CBC News. She writes stories about Canadian economic and consumer issues, and has also recently covered U.S. politics. She was part of the team that won a silver Digital Publishing Award in best news coverage for covering the 2024 U.S. election. A Montrealer based in Toronto, Jenna holds a master’s degree in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. You can reach her at jenna.benchetrit@cbc.ca.
