-- トロント証券取引所は正午時点で150ポイント上昇し、ほとんどのセクターが上昇しています。 最も好調なのは鉱業と公益事業で、いずれも1.4%上昇しています。一方、工業セクターと通信セクターはそれぞれ0.5%と0.8%下落しています。 カナダ統計局は金曜日、3月の雇用者数が1万4000人増加したと発表しました。これはエコノミストの予想通りで、失業率は6.7%で横ばいでした。平均時給は前年同月比4.7%上昇し、2月の3.9%から上昇しました。 デジャルダン銀行のマクロ戦略責任者であるロイス・メンデス氏は、カナダの労働市場は「安定化の兆し」を見せていると述べましたが、データにはいくつかの注意点があります。金曜日に発表された労働力調査(LFS)によると、カナダ経済は3月に1万4000人の雇用を回復し、失業率は6.7%で横ばいでした。しかし、メンデス氏は、新規雇用はすべてパートタイムであり、フルタイム雇用は2月に10万8000件という「壊滅的な」減少を記録した後、「安定」していると指摘した。また、メンデス氏は、3月の平均時給の前年比上昇率は加速したものの、これは構成効果によるものであり、カナダ統計局によると、構成を固定した場合の平均時給の上昇率はわずか3.6%にとどまり、賃金は「実際には上昇していない」ことを示唆していると述べた。 デジャルダン銀行の第1四半期国内総生産(GDP)成長率予測は1.5%~2.0%で、カナダ銀行の1月の予測とほぼ一致している。メンデス氏は、金曜日に発表された労働力調査(LFS)には、経済が回復に向かっていることを示唆する兆候は何も見られないと述べた。デジャルダン銀行は原油価格予測を上方修正したものの、経済の低迷が続いていることから、中央銀行は今年いっぱいは様子見の姿勢を維持すると引き続き考えている。
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