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Unemployment rate of 5.3% in Canada in March and 4.1% in Quebec, a historic low
Statistics Canada reports that the unemployment rate fell by 0.2 in March in Canada, to 5.3%, the lowest level recorded since comparable data began to be released in 1976. The…
Unemployment rate | Historic lows in Canada and Quebec
(Ottawa) Statistics Canada reports that the unemployment rate fell by 0.2 in March in Canada, to 5.3%, the lowest level since comparable data began to be released in 1976. Posted…
Decline in the unemployment rate in Canada and Quebec
(Ottawa) Statistics Canada reports that the unemployment rate fell by 0.2 in March in Canada, to 5.3%, the lowest level since comparable data began to be released in 1976. Employment…
United States | Several members of the Fed in favor of a faster rate hike
(Washington) The US central bank (Fed) is expected to accelerate rate hikes in the coming months, with several of its officials in favor of it in order to combat high…
United States | Several members of the Fed in favor of an acceleration of the rate hike
(Washington) The US central bank (Federal Reserve, Fed) is expected to accelerate rate hikes in the coming months, with several officials in favor of it in order to combat high…
The editorial answers you | The absenteeism rate in the network on the rise
Do you have questions about our editorials? Questions about hot topics in the news? Each week, the editorial team responds to readers of The Press. Posted April 3 Nathalie Collard…
Interest rate hikes | Variable rate borrower alert!
Expectations of an acceleration in interest rate hikes are growing visibly in the financial sector. As is the risk of a fiscal shock among mortgage borrowers who, in record numbers…
The unemployment rate is still falling in the United States
The unemployment rate continued to decline in the United States in March, by 0.2 points, and fell to 3.6%, now approaching its pre-pandemic level, when it was at its lowest…
United States | The 2-year rate above the 10-year rate, a rarity
(New York) The average yield on 2-year U.S. government bonds briefly rose above the 10-year rate on Tuesday, a rarity that many investors and economists see as a harbinger of…
An “alarming” global rate of domestic violence
One in four women worldwide experience domestic violence before the age of 50, according to a recent study by researchers from McGill University and the World Health Organization (WHO). The…
the virus is still circulating a lot in Creuse, the incidence rate is exploding
Watch out for Covid-19! Contaminations are on the rise everywhere in France, and in Creuse. The incidence rate even exceeds again the symbolic bar of 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants…
War in Ukraine | The rate of arrival of refugees is falling
(Geneva) Nearly 3.8 million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion of the Russian army on February 24, according to the UN count published on Saturday, but the number of…
[Chronique de Sandy Lachapelle] The convenience of loans at the prescribed rate at 1%
Spring is my least favorite season. Unlike many, it does not evoke renewal for me, but rather water damage and the return of seasonal allergies! Some people think of the…
Has the birth rate dropped by 12% over the past 10 years because of family policy, as Nadine Morano says?
Is the birth rate in France at half mast? In any case, this is what Nadine Morano asserts. MEP Les Républicains and supporter of Valérie Pécresse in the 2022 presidential…
United States | The Fed is bracing for one or more big rate hikes in 2022
(Washington) The consensus seems to be growing among the leaders of the American central bank, for one or more sharp increases in key rates in 2022, after new comments to…
Mortgage | Beyond the interest rate
You’re getting ready to take out your mortgage and, of course, you have the whole question of the interest rate in mind, believing that this is the ultimate factor that…
Legault promises to limit Hydro-Quebec rate increases to less than 4% in 2023
Premier François Legault has promised to limit Hydro-Québec’s rate increase to less than 4% in 2023. Mr. Legault thus reacted to forecasts suggesting increases that could go up to 5%…
Electricity rate freeze | This pothole that lies in wait for Hydro
PHOTO ROBERT SKINNER, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES “It is neither by subsidizing nor by freezing consumers’ bills that we will encourage them to reduce their energy consumption,” writes our editorialist. Stephanie…
Common front for a Hydro-Québec rate freeze
Three organizations are joining forces to demand a freeze on Hydro-Quebec electricity rates after the Crown corporation announced that it would increase them this year and in 2023 by aligning…
Employment up in Quebec in February, unemployment rate down
In February, according to Statistics Canada, employment in Quebec increased by 82,000 (+1.9%) and the unemployment rate fell by 0.9 percentage points to reach 4.5%. • Read also: Things to…