The Canadian unemployment rate is set to jump from historic lows to historic highs when @StatCan_eng announces the March numbers on Thursday morning.

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With help from an amazing programmer, and by using @vb_jens R package that retrieves @StatCan_eng data tables,

I& #39;ve developed a dashboard you can use to visualize important Labour Force Survey data.

https://milescorak.shinyapps.io/JobsAndUnemployment/

Give">https://milescorak.shinyapps.io/JobsAndUn... it a try, and give me feedback.

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More Canadians are employed in the "Wholesale and retail trade" sector than in any of the other major industries, as of February 2.88 million, and jobs in that sector are set to nosedive. #cdnecon
There has been steady employment growth since the bottom of the 2008 recession, just how much of that gain will be given back? #cdnecon

On Thursday morning @StatCan_eng will give a first, but provisional, number
The forthcoming @StatCan_eng report is provisional only in the sense that events are moving so fast that they have even outpaced this monthly survey, which will capture a picture of the labour market between March 15th and 21st.
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My "Canada& #39;s Labour Market" dashboard complements my explainer, and will be updated first thing on Thursday morning with the March numbers, but give it a test run now! #cdnecon

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