Indications of a growing regional economy continued last month as the city's unemployment rate declined noticeably while the number of people holding down jobs edged upward, according to March Statistics Canada labour market survey numbers released Friday.
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 per cent from 8.1 per cent in February and 200 more people joined the payroll, increasing the number working to 49,200.
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