By Pamela Heaven - Financial Post

Canadian jobs data released on Friday shows that despite the numbers beating expectations, the economy is still struggling to recover despite a strengthening U.S. recovery, economists say.

Although Statistics Canada said the economy created a net 25,800 jobs in May, all of them were part-time. Full-time jobs dropped by 29,100, bringing the two-month loss to a round 60,000 positions.

Market analysts on average had forecast a gain of 25,000 jobs. The unemployment rate edged up to 7.0% from 6.9% in April as more people sought work.

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