Registered unemployment report January 2014
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
25 Feb 2014
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
On 31 January 2014:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was 20 lower than a month earlier, in December 2013 and 50 lower than the average for the preceding three months
- the seasonally adjusted ASW total was the lowest recorded since October 2012
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,860. This latest monthly total is 110 higher than in the previous month (December 2013) but 160 lower than in the corresponding month of 2013
- long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) accounted for a sixth of total ASW. The number of long-term ASW (310 individuals) was marginally lower than a month earlier (December 2013) and was the lowest recorded since November 2012
- 280 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, 10 more than in the previous month; 150 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme.
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