Registered unemployment report May 2012
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
25 Jun 2012
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The May 2012 report shows that:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as unemployed and actively seeking work (ASW) in Jersey was 40 higher than a month earlier (April 2012), 70 higher than the average for the preceding 3 months and at the highest level recorded to date
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,720. This latest monthly total is 20 lower than a month earlier (April 2012) and 380 higher than that of a year earlier (May 2011). It is 660 higher than that of 2 years earlier (May 2010)
- long-term unemployment (registered for more than 52 weeks) now accounts for more than 1 in 6 of total ASW
- 250 teenagers aged 16-19 years were registered as ASW, some 20 lower than a month earlier. 110 teenagers were on the Advance to Work scheme
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