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加拿大邮政3月份小型企业就业岗位增加,符合预期。

-- 加拿大统计局周五发布的劳动力调查(LFS)显示,3月份加拿大就业人数变化不大,环比增加1.4万人,增幅0.1%,失业率维持在6.7%不变。 就业增长与三菱日联银行(MUFG)此前预测的1.45万人增幅和6.7%的失业率基本一致。 加拿大统计局在一份声明中指出,各主要年龄组的就业人数保持稳定,失业率变化不大。 “其他服务业”(包括维修和保养服务)的就业人数环比增加1.5万人,增幅1.9%;自然资源行业的就业人数也环比增加1万人,增幅3.0%。金融、保险、房地产、租赁和出租行业的就业人数则有所下降,减少1.1万人,降幅0.8%。 不列颠哥伦比亚省的就业人数减少(-19,000;-0.7%),而曼尼托巴省(+11,000;+1.5%)、萨斯喀彻温省(+5,800;+0.9%)和新斯科舍省(+3,900;+0.7%)的就业人数则有所增加。 加拿大统计局补充道,3月份员工平均时薪同比增长4.7%(+1.68加元至37.73加元),2月份的增幅为3.9%(未经季节性调整)。 近期平均时薪的增长部分原因是就业结构发生了变化。渥太华的加拿大劳动力调查局表示,采用一种在保持员工职业和工作年限构成不变的情况下进行计算的方法,3月份平均小时工资同比增长3.6%,与1月份(+3.6%)和2025年2月份(+3.5%)的增长率相近。 劳动力参与率(15岁及以上人口中就业或正在寻找工作的比例)维持在64.9%不变。与去年同期相比,劳动力参与率下降了0.4个百分点。 劳动力调查的估计值基于样本,因此会受到抽样误差的影响。因此,月度估计值的波动性会大于长期趋势的波动性。本分析重点关注置信水平为68%时具有统计学意义的估计值之间的差异。 加拿大层面的劳动力调查估计值不包括各地区。加拿大统计局发布的劳动力市场指标系列中,LFS 估算值是第一个,其中包括就业、工资和工时调查 (SEPH)、就业保险统计和职位空缺和工资调查等项目的指标。

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