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\u00a0The Canadian economy added 337 thousand jobs in February, according to data released a few moments ago by Statistics Canada, an increase of about 1.8%, after losing 200 thousand jobs in January, better than expectations that indicated the addition of about 132 thousand jobs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On the other hand, the unemployment rate declined to 5.5%, a decrease of 1%, compared to 6.5% in January, while expectations indicated a decline to 6.2%, to come in its best performance since May 2019. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In the details, the private sector added about 347 thousand jobs, an increase of about 2.8%, while accommodation and food services came at the forefront of the sectors by adding 114 thousand jobs, and the information, culture and entertainment sector added about 73 thousand jobs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Canadian dollar reacts positively after the statement and trades at 1.2723 levels against the US dollar<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0The Canadian economy added 337 thousand jobs in February, according to data released a few moments ago by Statistics Canada, an increase of about 1.8%, after losing 200 thousand jobs in January, better than expectations that indicated the addition of about 132 thousand jobs. On the other hand, the unemployment rate declined to 5.5%, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currency-markets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n