Number of unemployed down in July

By Anna Leah E. Gonzales

Sep 07, 2021 11:16 am

THE number of unemployed Filipinos went down to 3.1 million in July from 3.8 million in June, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

In a briefing on Tuesday, National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa said that based on the latest Labor Force Survey (LFS), the number of out-of-work individuals translates to an unemployment rate of 6.9 percent, down from the 7.7 percent recorded a month earlier.

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