B.C. Unemployment Numbers Down
By 250 News
Thursday, April 05, 2007 08:35 AM
The unemployment rate in British Columbia fell to 3.9 per cent in March, reaching a 31-year record low for the third straight
month.
There were 2,500 jobs created in B.C. in March, bringing the total number of new jobs since December 2006 to 46,900. B.C.'s employment rate was 63.8 per cent last month, the highest level in three decades.
In March, the strongest employment gains were made in B.C.'s manufacturing and service sectors.
month.
There were 2,500 jobs created in B.C. in March, bringing the total number of new jobs since December 2006 to 46,900. B.C.'s employment rate was 63.8 per cent last month, the highest level in three decades.
In March, the strongest employment gains were made in B.C.'s manufacturing and service sectors.
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Posted by: Runner46 on April 5 2007 10:07 PM
Opinion250.com, if you're ever short of story ideas you might consider interviewing some academic types and doing a story on the connection of our "booming economy" and record amounts of debt in this country. A story on this topic would really interest me, (and I'm sure most other people)