The Financial Post has an interesting story on the state of the Canadian jobs market. It seem over 100% of job growth is from government jobs.
Please consider Employment numbers hide the fact Canada is bleeding private sector jobs
Canada may have added 1,800 jobs in October, but that number hides the fact that almost all the gains came from government and that the private sector lost more than 20,000 jobs.
The 1,800 jobs added was already a disappointment compared with the 10,000 economists had forecast. According to Statistics Canada, that left the unemployment rate unchanged at 7.4%.
The six-month average for jobs gains is now 29,400, according to Reuters. But it’s a very different story when you look at the private sector and public sector separately.
“Details of the report were much worse than the headline number with the private sector showing a loss of 21,000 in October, the fourth decline in six months,” said Matthieu Arseneau, senior economist with the National Bank of Canada. “Over the period, the private sector is actually showing a loss of 12,000 jobs, compared to a surge of 76,000 jobs in the public sector.”
“With earnings of TSX companies down 30% so far in the third quarter, we do not expect a hiring spree anytime soon,” he said.
It is good to see a realistic comments from analysts. Matthieu Arseneau, is spot on with his comments.
Read more: http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/mikeshedlock/2012/11/05/canada_bleeding_private_jobs_vancouver_home_sales_plunge_167_percent_crash_awaits
Please consider Employment numbers hide the fact Canada is bleeding private sector jobs
Canada may have added 1,800 jobs in October, but that number hides the fact that almost all the gains came from government and that the private sector lost more than 20,000 jobs.
The 1,800 jobs added was already a disappointment compared with the 10,000 economists had forecast. According to Statistics Canada, that left the unemployment rate unchanged at 7.4%.
The six-month average for jobs gains is now 29,400, according to Reuters. But it’s a very different story when you look at the private sector and public sector separately.
“Details of the report were much worse than the headline number with the private sector showing a loss of 21,000 in October, the fourth decline in six months,” said Matthieu Arseneau, senior economist with the National Bank of Canada. “Over the period, the private sector is actually showing a loss of 12,000 jobs, compared to a surge of 76,000 jobs in the public sector.”
“With earnings of TSX companies down 30% so far in the third quarter, we do not expect a hiring spree anytime soon,” he said.
It is good to see a realistic comments from analysts. Matthieu Arseneau, is spot on with his comments.
Read more: http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/mikeshedlock/2012/11/05/canada_bleeding_private_jobs_vancouver_home_sales_plunge_167_percent_crash_awaits
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