Jobless down in third quarter

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Employment and Training Corporation for the three months up to last October puts the number of unemployed at 11,546, the National Statistics Office said. During the same period last year the number was...

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Employment and Training Corporation for the three months up to last October puts the number of unemployed at 11,546, the National Statistics Office said.

During the same period last year the number was 11,842. The unemployment rate for the period under review stood at 7.3 per cent, while the rate for the same month last year was 7.5 per cent.

The LFS is carried out using a random sample of 2,500 private households with the same international methodologies used by the International Labour Organisation. All data refers to persons 15 years and over.

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