Canada Churns Out Most Jobs Since 2012 to Shake Off Oil Woes
RBC: Canada Payrolls Signal Modest Growth
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Canadian employment grew by the most in more than four years in September, signaling lower interest rates may not be needed to sustain a sluggish recovery from the commodities bust.
Employment jumped by 67,200, Statistics Canada said Friday in Ottawa, the most since April 2012. The increase was triple the highest estimate in a Bloomberg economist survey that had a median prediction of 7,500 new positions.