The fundamentals of the U.S. economy are in good shape, with low unemployment and robust growth in recent quarters. But warning signs have been flashing and markets have been sliding amid policy ...

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is carried out monthly by Statistics Canada. It is the only source of current, monthly estimates of total employment and unemployment. While LFS is best known for the ...

Average hours worked were down by the most since April 2022, declining 1.3% from the month before. Statistics Canada said 429,000 employees lost work hours in February, more than four times higher ...

Employers in the country added just 1,100 jobs last month.

The Canadian labour market felt a chill in February with employment “virtually unchanged” from the month before, Statistics ...

US President Donald Trump will determine the exact rate of trade tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday. "That is a fluid situation," Lutnick ...

The Agreement obliged Canada to convert its existing agricultural quantitative import controls to a system of tariff rate quotas (TRQs). The TRQs came into effect in 1995. Levels of Tariff Rate Quotas ...

The unemployment rate in Canada was at 6.6% in February of 2025, remaining unchanged from the three-month low recorded in the previous month and below market expectations that it would have edged ...

Alberta’s unemployment rate is expected to rise and stay high over the next two years. With Alberta adding nearly 63,000 new jobs in the closing months of 2024, the province’s unemployment ...

However, the unemployment rate ticked down to an even 4%, signaling a still very healthy labor market. Late in January, the Federal Reserve left its benchmark lending rate alone after issuing ...

However, the unemployment rate ticked down to an even 4%, signaling a still very healthy labor market. ‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the ...