Marginal Increase in Unemployment Rate April-June Quarter: PLFS
PLFS data showed gains in regular wage jobs and secondary-sector work even as labour force participation slipped to 54.6%, government figures said.
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Malaysia’s June unemployment rate stays at 3pc, 517,800 jobless, says Stats Dept
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 11 — The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.0 per cent in June 2026, with 517,800 unemployed persons recorded, according to the Labour Force Statistics for June 2026 and the Second Quarter of 2026 released today.The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said the number of employed persons rose 0.01 per cent to 16.83 million in June 2026 (May 2026: 16.82 million persons), while the number of unemployed persons increased f…
The Socialist Party's deputy for Eure and candidate for primary school attributed the increase in unemployment to the fall in the purchasing power of the French, caused in particular by the energy price crisis.
On an average, during April-June 2026, 566 million people aged 15 years and above were working in India, of which 402 million were men and 164 million were women.
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LatestlyIndia's labour force participation falls to 54.6% in April-June; rural unemployment rises to 4.8%
India's overall labour force participation rate for people aged 15 years and above declined to 54.6 per cent during April-June 2026 from 55.5 per cent in the previous quarter, according to government data released on Monday.
India's jobless rate edges up in April-June quarter
India’s unemployment rate saw a marginal uptick in the April-June quarter, driven largely by stress in rural areas, even as cities reported some relief, according to the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the National Statistics Office. For persons aged 15 years and above, the unemployment rate stood at 5.2 per cent in April 2026, up from 5.1 per cent in March 2026 and the same month last year. This marks a six-month high. Th…
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