Jobless rate improves to 4.5% in April

Jobless rate improves to 4.5% in April – PSA

Jun 10, 2023 12:34 am

UNEMPLOYMENT dropped in April from a month earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday.

The country's jobless rate declined to 4.5 percent from 4.7 percent in March but underemployment — which counts those looking for more work or an extra job — registered an uptick to 12.9 percent from 11.2 percent in the previous month.

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