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Medicine Hat unemployment rate falls in June

Jul 6, 2018 | 8:15 AM

Medicine Hat, AB – The unemployment rate for the Medicine Hat dropped slightly in June.  Stats Canada says the rate last month was 5 per cent.

It had been 5.1 per cent in May, but the agency always cautions against month to month comparisons due to a small sample size.  A year ago, the city unemployment rate was 4.5 per cent.

The numbers were much the same for the Medicine Hat – Lethbridge region.
 
It was 4.9 per cent last month.  That compares to 5.2 per cent in May.   A year ago the rate was 4.8 per cent.
 
Alberta’s unemployment rate in June went up 3-10ths of a point to 6.5 per cent.
 
Canada’s rate was up 2 tenths of a point to 6 per cent.
 
Almost 32 thousand new jobs were created in June, but the rate went up because more people entered the labour force.