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Canada employment dropped -207k, unemployment rate rose to 8.1%

Canada employment dropped -207k, or -1.1% in April, larger than expectation of -160.5k decline. Full times jobs dropped -129k, or -0.8%. Part-time jobs dropped -78k, or -2.3%. Unemployment rate jumped sharply by 0.6% to 8.1%, above expectation of 7.8%.

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