Friday, June 8, 2007

UPDATE 1-Canada adds fewer jobs than expected in May

(Reuters) - The unemployment rate stayed at a 33-year low of 6.1
percent, in line with forecasts. But the number of jobs added
was less than half the average estimate of 19,000 made by
analysts in a Reuters poll.




The data, which followed a 5,200 dip in employment in
April, will likely provide little support for the Canadian
dollar, which has traded at near 30-year highs this week.


Read more at Reuters.com Economic News

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