National unemployment rate up-B.C. rate still best in Canada

Sep 7, 2018 | 7:08 AM

OTTAWA —  The economy shed nearly 52-thousand jobs last month.
    The decrease wiped out a big gain in July and drove up the unemployment rate.
    The jobless rate hit six per cent in August, up from its 5.8 per cent reading in July.
    Economists had expected an increase of five thousand jobs for August and the unemployment rate to be 5.9 per cent.
    The drop last month was fuelled by a loss of 92-thousand part-time positions.
    On the positive side, however, the number of full-time jobs in August rose by 40-thousand, 400.  

    The B.C. rate is still the best in Canada, despite rising three tenths of a point in August to sit at 5.3 percent.