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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1988
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THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED APRIL 1988 WAS 24.700, COMPARED
PERSONS FOR FEBRUARY ENDING JANUARY 1988 AND 24,800
WITH 26,000 FOR THE THREE MONTHS FOR 1987.
THE THREE MONTHS ENDING APRIL
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
SHORTAGE,
MECHANICAL
AS
CONSISTENT · WITH THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS
ORGANISATION (ILO), THAN 35 HOURS A WEEK DUE TO ECONOMIC
PERSONS WHO WORKED MATERIAL
REASONS (SUCH AS SLACK FULL-TIME WORK) WERE REGARDED
AND INABILITY ΤΟ UNDEREMPLOYED ONLY IF THEY
OF
THE
LASS
WORK,
BREAKDOWN
FIND
WERE
EITHER SEEKING OR AVAILABLE FOR MORE WORK.
FOR
CENSUS AND JOB-SEEKERS MONTH ΤΟ MONTH, ACCOUNT JOB-SEEKERS SHOULD BE
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 TAKE OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED THAT, BASED ON A SYSTEM COUNTS, THE UNEMPLOYMENT
OF PROVISIONAL AND LATEST THREE MONTHS PERIOD COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE
UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES COVERING THE AFTER THE SURVEY.
WITHIN TWO WEEKS
THESE PROVIDE AN EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT, AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
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THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY
TREND IN THE
ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE FOR
MARCH
MAY 1988 WAS 17 PER CENT AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS PER CENT. :111
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DETAÏLED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS
WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR
THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY TIMES A YEAR.
1988 SHOULD JUNE 20,
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND AT $10 PER COPY.
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