Highlights of the July 2018 Canadian employment report
- Full time jobs +40.4K vs -28.0K prior
- Part time -92.0K vs +82.0K prior
- Participation rate % vs 65.4% expected (65.4% prior)
Terrible headline but it was all driven by part-time jobs. However the real disappointment is the wage data. Two months ago it was at +3.5%
so that's two declines in