CB Unemployment Rate Down In July

by Bobby NockAugust 9, 2019

The latest numbers from Stats Canada show Cape Breton’s unemployment rate stood at 12.1 per cent, last month.

That’s a six-tenths of a percentage point drop from July of last year and 1.4 percentage points lower than in June.

The provincial unemployment rate went down two tenths of percentage point to 6.4 percent.

Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate in July went up by two tenths of a percentage point to 5.7 percent.

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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