With today’s Labour Force release:
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
- Employment increased 26,700 to 13,015,100 persons. Full-time employment increased 6,700 to 8,884,600 persons and part-time employment increased 20,000 to 4,130,600 persons.
- Unemployment decreased 26,400 to 699,100 persons.
- Unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 5.1%.
- Participation rate decreased 0.1 pts to 66.0%.
- Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 3.0 million hours to 1,775.4 million hours.
LABOUR UNDERUTILISATION
- The monthly trend underemployment rate remained steady at 8.6%. The monthly underutilisation rate remained steady at 13.7%.
- The monthly seasonally adjusted underemployment rate remained steady at 8.6%. The monthly underutilisation rate decreased 0.2 pts to 13.7%.
Absolute numberwang.