The Canadian economy lost a surprising 45,900 jobs in December and the unemployment rate rose unexpectedly as more people searched for work, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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Canada’s national unemployment rate rose to 7.2 per cent for the final month of the year compared with 6.9 per cent in November.
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Economists had been expecting the jobs market to add more than 14,000.
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