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Payroll employment -914.5k in March,....>

CANADA DATA
CANADA DATA: Payroll employment -914.5k in March, or -5.4%. Decline is similar
to -5.3% recorded in the earlier Labour Force Survey report.
*Report also corroborates that most March job losses were in low-paid hourly
positions, Statistics Canada said Thursday.
*"Average weekly hours for hourly paid employees declined by 1.1 hours to 29.5
hours in March, the lowest level on record. Average weekly hours for all payroll
employees declined by 0.7 hours to 32.3 hours per week."
*Average weekly earnings +0.6% MOM, +3.7% YOY.

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