Thread by @trevortombe

Some nuance here with the January employment changes: the drop is largely self-employment rather than employees. #ableg

But, and this is perhaps the most concerning graph from me this morning... the "gap" between where AB employment is and where it "needs" to be has increased dramatically, and for prime-age/older workers. Now ~60k. Second recession starting? #cdnecon #ableg

Here's a more detailed look at employment rates by age/sex in Alberta. Young men continue to fall, now ~12.5% below Oct 2014 (when recession started).

Here's a comparison of Alberta's employment rates since the recession started, compared to other recessions (for 15-64 year olds). Previously, was tracking '91 fairly closely, but that's changed in last ~6 months.

Hard to make statements about changes by sector, since the error bands are really wide... but here it is.