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Report: Labour Market Advance Release Third Quarter 2016
Released on:27/10/2016 12:00 AM

​​​​Report: Labour Market Advance Release Third Quarter 2016

This release provides preliminary estimates of key indicators on the manpower situation covering unemployment, employment and redundancy for the latest quarter.

Key findings: Preliminary estimates showed that overall unemployment rate in September 2016 was unchanged from June 2016, and was broadly similar among residents and citizens. Overall employment contracted in the third quarter of 2016, after slower growth in the previous two quarters. While the number of layoffs fell from the previous quarter, it was higher than a year ago.

For more key findings, please refer to the highlights of the report.





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