MONTREAL: Canada’s unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points in June to 6.5 percent, official data showed Friday, with 45,000 new jobs added compared to the previous month, mainly in part-time work and among women.

The number of jobs added was almost four times greater than economists’ predictions, which foresaw a modest rise of 12,000.

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