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Bank of Canada RSS Feedsen2024-03-29T08:48:25+00:00Labour Force Participation: A Comparison of the United States and Canada
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2017/07/staff-analytical-note-2017-9/
This note explores the drivers behind the recent increase in the US participation rate in the labour market and assesses the likelihood of a similar gain in Canada. The growth in the US participation rate has largely been due to a pickup in the participation of prime-age workers following a post-recession decline.2017-07-10T12:02:06+00:00enLabour Force Participation: A Comparison of the United States and Canada2017-07-10Wage Growth in Canada and the United States: Factors Behind Recent Weakness
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2017/07/staff-analytical-note-2017-8/
This note examines the relatively subdued pace of wage growth in Canada since the commodity price decline in 2014 and assesses whether the weakness is attributable to cyclical (e.g., labour market slack) or structural factors (e.g., resource reallocation and demographic change).2017-07-10T11:56:06+00:00enWage Growth in Canada and the United States: Factors Behind Recent Weakness2017-07-10A Canada-US Comparison of Labour Market Conditions
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2017/04/staff-analytical-note-2017-4/
In this note, we provide a brief comparison of the recent developments in the labour markets in Canada and the United States. Our analysis indicates that slack remains in the Canadian labour market, while the US labour market is close to full employment.2017-04-12T10:01:21+00:00enA Canada-US Comparison of Labour Market Conditions2017-04-12