Canada’s economy lost 25,000 jobs in January, but unemployment rate ticked down to 6.5%

CBC: “Is this bad news (drop in employment, with notable weakness in manufacturing) or good news (bigger drop in the unemployment rate, and a rise in hours worked)? Clearly, the answer is ‘both,’ though leaning bad,” wrote Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO, in a note to clients…

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