Posted AT 9:29 AM EST on 05/09/08
Canada adds 15,000 jobs in August
OTTAWA — The U.S. unemployment rate has risen to match Canadian levels for the first time in more than 26 years, another sign that the U.S. housing collapse is having a far less severe effect in Canada than south of the border.
The American unemployment rate rose sharply to 6.1 per cent in August – the same as Canada – after employers shed 84,000 jobs.
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