{"id":9513,"date":"2026-01-12T17:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/?post_type=rbc_econ_video&#038;p=9513"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:38:27","slug":"what-is-breakeven-employment-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"rbc_econ_video","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/video\/what-is-breakeven-employment-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"What is breakeven employment in Canada?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"video-wpr\"><video class=\"video-player video-js\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/ENG-horizontal-UPDATED.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/rbc_economics_20260129_english_widescreen_v3_v5-1080p-1.mp4\" data-dig-id=\"LP-9513-3a27f860\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"video play\" data-dig-label=\"rbc_economics_20260129_english_widescreen_v3_v5-1080p-1.mp4\"><p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href=\"http:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p><track kind=\"captions\" src=\"\" srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" mar-t\">What is breakeven employment? 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