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But continuing losses in the manufacturing sector have meant nearly 90,000 jobs have been lost in the goods-producing sector since the beginning of the year. Since 2002, more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost.
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BMO Nesbitt Burns economist Douglas Porter said the good news is that the manufacturing base is not losing ground any faster than it did last year. However, there are signs pointing to deeper job losses in manufacturing in the coming years. ( G/ S# s/ O8 h7 S
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( t9 @0 @( ? ]: g7 s) B"The slowdown is really in its early stages, unfortunately," Porter said.
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# W* z; z* A4 Z: D+ X# q, jAron Gampel, deputy chief economist at Scotiabank, noted that automakers Ford (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are still in the early stages of production cuts that will have a ripple effect across Central Canada. 3 L0 l ^, ^% G" i2 U/ F
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With a high Canadian dollar and softening U.S. economy reducing demand for Canadian goods, the car industry is in for more pain, he added. . G1 p) f' a+ i
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"The weakness in the manufacturing sector shows no signs of letting up," Gampel said. ( i/ x* S) w2 C! R; _+ r- {
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; {8 w! F) L/ C' `: D( N/ eWhile Quebec and Ontario have seen their manufacturing heartlands pummelled, both provinces posted job gains in the services sector.
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Alberta continues to drive much of the country's job growth as its oilpatch produced 8,000 new jobs in August. But that number hasn't kept up with the flow of people streaming into the province looking for work as Alberta's unemployment rate jumped to 4.2 per cent, from 3.6 per cent in July.
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Although Alberta accounts for only one-tenth of the country's workforce, the province has generated close to 40 per cent of all new jobs in the country this year, Statistics Canada noted.
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Canadian workers are generally benefiting from higher wages. Salaries were 3.7 per cent higher last month, compared with a year ago. , N3 t7 ^+ X) v! B6 ?
9 N1 K8 ]# Z3 o8 o0 Y5 X% o; ~That's more than one percentage point higher than the national inflation rate. But for most economists this is not causing concern about inflation because the national wage numbers are largely driven by spiralling salaries in Alberta.
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Economists said the Bank of Canada is likely to hold the line on interest rates for the rest of 2006 as the economy cools from its pace earlier this year. Porter said the bank is likely to cut its key lending rate in early 2007. 7 z. ~7 c) g: V6 Q% O$ O
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