New Brunswick’s economy added more than 2,300 jobs in August, according to Statistics Canada.
But the province’s unemployment rate edged up by 0.1 percentage points to 8.6 per cent as more people were looking for work.
The increase in employment partly offset the loss of 4,700 jobs in July.
Nationally, employment increased by 81,000 in August, largely in part-time work.
But the unemployment rate remained at 5.7 per cent as more people participated in the labour force.
Review of Economic Statistics – Labour Force Survey, August 2019: Employment increased by 81,000. The unemployment rate was 5.7%. https://t.co/ERImHhJuCT pic.twitter.com/zCNuYeSABW
— Statistics Canada (@StatCan_eng) September 6, 2019
