07 July 2017
The registered unemployment report for the second quarter of 2017 has been released by the Statistics Unit.
On 30 June 2017:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) was:
- 160 lower than the end of the previous quarter
- 390 lower than the end of the corresponding quarter in 2016 (Q2 2016)
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,000; this total is 180 lower than the end of the previous quarter, 390 lower than a year earlier and the lowest recorded in almost 8 years (since October 2009)
- the total number of long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) was 280; this total is 10 higher than the previous quarter and 30 higher than a year earlier
- there were 280 individuals registered as ASW but engaged in some form of paid employment and classified as underemployed; this includes 110 individuals also classified as long-term ASW
Registered Actively Seeking Work report for second quarter 2017