SWS: Fewer Filipinos jobless in Q1 of 2019

May 07, 2019 10:03 pm

FEWER Filipinos are jobless for the first quarter of the year, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Tuesday.

The poll survey from March 28 to 31 showed the joblessness rate at 19.7 percent, or 1.4 points below the 21.1 percent or an estimated 9.0 million adults in December 2018, and 2.3 points below the 22.0 percent or an estimated 9.8 million adults in September 2018.

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