THE approaching holidays have led to a rise in employment, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday, with the jobless rate reported to have dropped to 3.7 percent in September from 4.0 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively, a month and a year earlier.
This was equivalent to 1.89 million Filipinos without jobs, 177,000 less than August's 2.07 million and down by 370,000 from September 2023's 2.26 million.
