Infographic: Labour Market Advance Release Third Quarter 2017

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Infographic: Labour Market Advance Release Third Quarter 2017

The resident unemployment rate held steady from June 2017 to September 2017, while the citizen unemployment rate continued to decline. Total employment contracted in the third quarter of 2017, though the pace of decline has been easing since the beginning of the year. Retrenchments were similar in number to the second quarter of 2017, and have remained lower than last year since the first quarter of 2017.

For more information, please refer to the full Labour Market Advance Release Third Quarter 2017 report.