Yet, weak wage growth persists
All of the job gains were in the 25-to-54 age range
August data revealed even more turbulence in the month-to-month numbers
The number of job vacancies reached a new high in Q4 2017, totalling 399,000 jobs.
There’s been plenty of good news about economic growth, both in Canada and globally. Observing that macro trend naturally results in micro musings. Specifically, when are we all getting a raise? Certainly, some minimum-wage workers already have more money in their pockets—and that’s trickling up to higher earners in some cases. Read: Canadian job market […]
Go beyond the numbers
Minimum wage hikes potentially hurt the most vulnerable workers
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Increasing wages key to viewing Canadian growth as sustainable
But businesses face headwinds of revenue expansion and financing.