Fifth straight unemployment decline for Lethbridge-Medicine Hat
LETHBRIDGE – The jobless rate in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat continued its streak of declines.
The unadjusted three-month moving average for July was 4.7 per cent, down from 4.9 per cent in June. It was the fifth consecutive decline for the region, and the second-lowest rate in the province, though still higher than the 4.1 per cent one year earlier.
Only Camrose-Drumheller had a lower jobless rate in July, up slightly to 4.5 per cent. There were slight declines in Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake (6.3 per cent) and Edmonton (6.5 per cent) while Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House/Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River dropped significantly (from 6.7 to 6.0 per cent).
The three-month averages for Calgary (7.5 per cent) and Red Deer (5.6 per cent) rose from June.