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MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1989
UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR APRIL - JUNE
BOTH
REMAINE' AT
THE
A
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT
DURING LOW LEVEL
THE PERIOD
APRIL
-
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS
THE (MONDAY) BY
CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. INDICATE THAT THE LABOUR MARKET REMAINED TIGHT.
RATE 1989,
JUNE RELEASED TODAY THESE FIGURES
RATE FOR APRIL
JUNE THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT
WITH 1.3 PER CENT FOR THE THREE 1989 WAS 1.4 PER CENT, COMPARED
1.8 AND
PER CENT FOR THE CORRESPONDING MONTHS ENDING MARCH 1989 PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
THE PRECEDING WHILE THE
THE INCREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT DECREASE OF 0.4 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE CORRESPONDING A YEAR EARLIER IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
IN APRIL
PERIOD
JUNE 1989 WAS ENDING
THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ESTIMATED AT 38,600, COMPARED WITH 35,800 FOR THE THREE MONTHS MARCH 1989 AND 49,400 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JUNE 1988.
JUNE 1989 WAS 0.8 PER THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR APRIL -
THREE MONTHS ENDING MARCH CENT, WHICH WAS THE SAME AS THAT FOR THE 1989. THE RATE FOR APRIL JUNE 1988 WAS 0.7 PER CENT.
-
OF 0.1 OF
PERCENTAGE
THE
POINT OVER THE INCREASE
A CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT.
PERSONS FOR APRIL-JUNE THREE MONTHS ENDING
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED 1989 WAS 22,800, COMPARED WITH 21,300 FOR THE MARCH 1989 AND 18,900 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JUNE 1988,
CONSISTENT
THE THAN MATERIAL FULL-TIME WORK) WERE EITHER SEEKING OR
OF THE WITH
CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO), PERSONS WHO WORKED LESS 35 HOURS A WEEK DUE TO ECONOMIC REASONS (SUCH AS SLACK WORK, SHORTAGE, MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN AND INABILITY TO FIND WERE REGARDED AS UNDEREMPLOYED ONLY IF THEY AVAILABLE FOR MORE WORK.
FOR
CENSUS AND JOB-SEEKERS TO MONTH, TAKE ACCOUNT
MONTH
COMMENTING ON THESE FIGURES, THE COMMISSIONER STATISTICS SAID THAT BECAUSE THE PROPORTION OF FIRST-TIME (E.G. PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LEFT SCHOOL) VARIES FROM UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT HAD BEEN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED TO OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.
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SHOULD BE
OF PROVISIONAL
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED THAT, BASED ON A SYSTEM COUNTS, THE
AND UNEMPLOYMENT
UNDEREMPLOYMENT LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD COULD BE MADE AFTER THE SURVEY, THESE PROVIDE AN UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
THE RATES COVERING AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO WEEKS EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST
THE PROVISIONAL