The Canadian economy in April recovered 12,500 of the 54,500 jobs estimated to have been lost in March, but the unemployment rate stayed at 7.2%, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.
The figures were in line with the median forecast, in a Reuters survey of economists, of 15,000 new jobs and a 7.2% jobless rate. The unemployment rate had risen to that level in March from 7.0% in February.
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