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After Hot Start, Jobs Recovery Has Slowed: Canada’s Two-Year Household Income and Employment Outlook
After Hot Start, Jobs Recovery Has Slowed: Canada’s Two-Year Household Income and Employment Outlook
Business and Household Indicators
Canadian Economic Analysis
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- While the job recovery started strong, it has since slowed.
- The lost jobs won’t be fully recovered until the fourth quarter of 2021, as many industries have a long way to go.
- Serious structural issues mean that many of the 700,000 jobs that have yet to be recovered might never come back.
- The surge in wage growth during the pandemic was a result of the unequal effects of the pandemic on high- and low-wage earners.
- We expect wage growth to slow substantially in 2021 and 2022 as companies deal with the financial ramifications of the pandemic.
- It will be important for governments to accelerate their research on the impact of automation on labour markets, as the pandemic has led to an even greater reliance on new technologies.
- The CERB helped support households during the shutdown, but its gradual phase-out will leave some households in trouble.
- On the positive side, many households saved much of their windfall from the CERB, a wise move given the autumn resurgence of the virus.
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