UNEMPLOYMENT

Grey River Argus, 31 January 1946, Page 5

UNEMPLOYMENT

OTTAWA, January 14

Employment, which has latterly been moving downward, is now showing stability. For the first time since Japan surrendered, National Selective Service returns show a reduction in the number of applicants for position.

At the end of December, applications totalled 184,000, which is a reduction of 4,000 against the previous period. This stability is attributed to two reasons: Production for civilian use is on the upgrade, and employment increasing; and the Christmas season provided an opportunity for employment to a large number of job seekers.

While productive operations during the first eleven months of 1945 were greater than in any other year except 1943 and 1944, the trend has been downward for nearly two years. A number of indexes indicating the trend of productions (says the Dominion Bureau of Statistics), are now showing resistance to a downward tendency.