Canada adds 75,000 jobs in July, unemployment 6.4%

If you were looking for good news in today's employment report, you would emphasize the unemployment rate falling to 4.1%, a 2-year low. But this doesn't reflect job growth. The participation rate is plummeting.

#Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years Statistics Canada says gains split between full-time, part-time work www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

While unemployment rates dropped across Canada… Alberta’s didn’t change, with the province now having the second highest unemployment rate across all provinces in Canada. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

When the unemployment rate “eases” it’s because they stop counting people who are unemployed as being “in the job market” if they haven’t applied for work in 4 weeks, including people who stopped applying because work isn’t available. They also exclude people working only part-time out of necessity.

Canada posted stronger than expected jobs numbers while the US fell seriously short, which by the terms of the 1911 Reciprocity Act allows us to regain full possession of either Neil Young or Martin Short

unemployment rate going down to 4.1% with 23k jobs lost in a month and -100k revisions on top of that is some real "please, my data collection, she's very sick"

US employers unexpectedly cut jobs in July and previous months were revised lower, suggesting the labor market may be facing challenges

The Labour Force Survey is out - and it is good news. Amazing, really, when you consider the context in which Canada's economy is operating at the moment. I'm sure that the CPC staffers are looking for figures to cherry-pick.

The jobs President fails US! 4.1% unemployment rate was the lowest since June 2025, it dropped for the wrong reasons: 264,000 dropped out of the labor market. The share of those working or looking for work fell to 61.4%, the lowest since February 2021. apnews.com/article/econ...

Canada adds 75,000 jobs in July as unemployment rate ticks down. Jobs numbers beat economists’ expectations in July, while the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in two years, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Two initial takeaways from a US Jobs Report that saw job creation fall well short of consensus (-23,000 vs. +80,000 expected), accompanied by heavy downward revisions to prior months (-103,000), yet the unemployment rate edged lower to 4.1% (from 4.2%): Not good news for Main Street: The decline ...

U.S. employers lost 23,000 jobs in July, as the labor market weakened in the face of myriad headwinds. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 last month, continuing a years-long streak of low joblessness, according to new Labor Department data.

The US labor force is shrinking driving the unemployment rate lower yet wage growth is cooling suggesting weak labor demand. Falling participation reflects an aging workforce, but it can also reflect weak conditions--consumers report worsening opportunities and more younguns are staying in school

The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent, and has now been at 4.5 percent or below for 58 consecutive months, the longest streak on record. (The previous record was 57 months in the late '60s into 1970.)

Canada added 75,000 jobs in July, the US lost 23,000 Keep buying Canadian, keep travelling in Canada and keep those elbows up Canada. #Sheshed