CB Jobless Rate Down

by Bobby NockAugust 4, 2023August 4, 2023

Stats Canada says Cape Breton’s unemployment rate was 8.9% last month.

That’s down from 10.3% in June and down from 9.6% in July of last year.

Nationally, the jobless rate ticked up by a tenth of a percentage point to 5.5% in July, marking the third straight monthly increase.

It was the first time the jobless rate went up three months in a row since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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