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May 02, 2025
US EMPLOYMENT, APRIL 2025

Monthly change (April 2025 vs March 2025, seasonally adjusted)

US non-farm payroll employment increased 177,000 in April 2025, rising to 159.5 million persons.

The increase of 177,000 in US nonfarm payroll employment was weaker than the growth of 185,000 reported for March 2025.                &...

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May 02, 2025
EU AND EURO AREA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, MARCH 2025

Eurostat has reported that the unemployment rate in the Euro Area was unchanged at 6.2% in March 2025. For the broader 27 countries of the entire European Union, the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8% in March 2025. 

The Euro Area youth unemployment rate edged down to 14.2% in March from the previous month's rate of 14.3%. In ...

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May 01, 2025
PROVINCIAL GDP BY INDUSTRY 2024 [PRELIMINARY]

Statistics Canada released preliminary estimates of real GDP by industry for the provinces and territories in 2024.  Real GDP growth is measured at the industry level with chained 2017 dollars at basic prices (sellers' prices before taxes less subsidies on products) that removes the effect of price changes.

2024 vs 2023

Nova Scotia's real GDP increased 2.7% in 2024.  Nationally, real GDP grew by 1.6%.  All provinces reported rising r ...

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May 01, 2025
CANADIAN INCOME SURVEY: POVERTY, 2023

Statistics Canada has released results from the Canadian Income Survey, reporting on incomes for 2023.  This includes food security, median incomes as well as Canada's official poverty rate, as assessed against the Market Basket Measure threshold.

Note that there were significant government income supports during the COVID-19 pandemic which drove a large decline in the poverty rates for 2020 and 2021. These supports were largely withdrawn by 2022 while there was a sign ...

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May 01, 2025
CANADIAN INCOME SURVEY: FOOD SECURITY, 2023

Statistics Canada reports on food security and insecurity as part of the Canadian Income Survey. Food insecurity refers to households that have inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints.

In Nova Scotia, 70.7% of the population was classified as 'food secure' in 2023. This was below the national average.  Food security was highest in Québec and lowest in Alberta.  

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