Job Numbers Climb in January
KINGSTON'S EMPLOYMENT PICTURE IS IMPROVING.
- Newswatch Newsroom
2/8/2013
KINGSTON'S EMPLOYMENT PICTURE IS IMPROVING.
FEWER PEOPLE WERE OUT OF WORK IN JANUARY THAN THE MONTH BEFORE.
NEW NUMBERS FROM STATS- CANADA SHOW THE JOBLESS RATE IN THE LIMESTONE CITY IS SITTING AT 7-PERCENT.
THAT'S DOWN FROM DECEMBER'S RATE OF 7.3.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE FIGURES HAVE DROPPED LOCALLY IN SEVERAL MONTHS.
THE LATEST STATS PUT KINGSTON ON PAR WITH THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
PROVINCIALLY, THE NUMBERS ARE LESS POSITIVE.
ONTARIO'S JOBLESS RATE IS CLOSER TO 8 PERCENT.