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Jan and Feb Employment Insurance........>

CANADA DATA
CANADA DATA: Jan and Feb Employment Insurance Preview - 08:30 EDT
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-Second-tier data gets more attention because of labor market strain as COVID-19
restrictions started widening in Feb.
-Govt officials say there have been millions of claims for COVID-19 relief
payments and regular jobless benefits over last month. Unclear how many claims
made for each type of benefit, or how many people filed two claims and will be
paid only one benefit.
-Dec report showed 244.6k initial and renewal claims; 448k receiving regular
benefits.
-Canada lost record 1m jobs in March, economists surveyed by MNI see bigger drop
in April.

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