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17/10/2007
Unemployment Figures Continues To Fall
Northern Ireland’s unemployment rate is below the UK average of 5.4% and also well below the 6.8% of the 27 European Union member states.
In fact, unemployment locally has shown yet another drop on past statistics.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was put at 3.6% for the June - August period - representing a slight fall from the 4.2% of the previous quarter and the 4.3% of a year before.
On the downside, figures on people in employment for the same period showed a fall to 767,000, down 2.4% on the previous quarter and a decrease of 0.2% on the year.
The number of people claiming unemployment related benefits was down again to 23,100 - a drop of 200 on the month and 4,500 over the year.
However, the number of people of working age who are economically inactive went up from 25.8% to 27.8% over the quarter - a rate significantly above the UK average rate of 21.3%.
Economy Minister Nigel Dodds welcomed the figures and said it was encouraging to see the level of unemployment being maintained below that of the UK average for two years.
(BMcC)
In fact, unemployment locally has shown yet another drop on past statistics.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was put at 3.6% for the June - August period - representing a slight fall from the 4.2% of the previous quarter and the 4.3% of a year before.
On the downside, figures on people in employment for the same period showed a fall to 767,000, down 2.4% on the previous quarter and a decrease of 0.2% on the year.
The number of people claiming unemployment related benefits was down again to 23,100 - a drop of 200 on the month and 4,500 over the year.
However, the number of people of working age who are economically inactive went up from 25.8% to 27.8% over the quarter - a rate significantly above the UK average rate of 21.3%.
Economy Minister Nigel Dodds welcomed the figures and said it was encouraging to see the level of unemployment being maintained below that of the UK average for two years.
(BMcC)
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