<div id="readability-page-1">07:13 AM EST, 12/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Canada's job vacancy rate fell again in October to 2.6%, the lowest level since February 2017, said Bank of Montreal (BMO).That's a far cry from the very tight levels near 6% at the high in 2022, noted the bank.There are now roughly 1.5 million Canadians classified as unemployed compared with just under 500,000 job vacancies. That ratio of more than 3-to-1 is again reflective of job market conditions that are on the soft side of historical norms, stated BMO.The bank recalled that at the height of the pandemic re-opening, that ratio plunged to almost 1-for-1 as some industries struggled to find any workers upon reopening.Suffice it to say those days are long gone, added BMO.Wage growth also ebbed on a fixed-weight basis in the payroll data to 2.1% year over year.A lot of moving parts in the job market right now, but, taken all together, they argue for rates at the low end of the neutral range, which is right where the Bank of Canada seems content, according to BMO. MT Newswires does not provide investment advice. Unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited.</div>

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蒙特利爾銀行報告稱，加拿大的職位空缺率在 10 月份降至 2.6%，為 2017 年 2 月以來的最低水平，表明就業市場持續疲軟。失業加拿大人與職位空缺的比例超過 3 比 1，反映出與歷史標準相比的較弱狀況。工資增長也已放緩至同比 2.1%。蒙特利爾銀行建議，這些因素支持將利率維持在中性區間的低端，與加拿大銀行目前的立場一致

蒙特利爾銀行指出，加拿大的職位空缺表明經濟持續疲軟