The economic impact of COVID-19 pushed up Macao residents’ unemployment rate by 0.3 percentage points to 3.4% between March and May from the February–April survey period.
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Macau unemployment rate of local residents grew 0.2 percentage points to 3.1 per cent.
Macau’s general unemployment rate in the January-March employment survey period rose 0.2 percentage points to 2.1% from the previous survey period (December 2019-February 2020).
Unemployment rate of local residents now at 2.6%, up by 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points respectively from the previous period (November 2019-January 2020).
Local residents’ unemployment rate stood at 2.4% in the August-October employment survey period.
The unemployment rate of local residents rose 0.1 percentage point to 2.5% in the July-September survey period from the June-August period.
Local residents’ unemployment rate remained unchanged year-on-year at 2.4% in the May-July survey period.
Local residents’ unemployment rate dropped by 0.3 percentage points to 2.4 percent year-on-year last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement .
Local residents’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.4 percent in the May-July survey period compared to the previous period (April-June), the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement Monday.