Due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy, local residents’ unemployment rate rose by 0.6 percentage points to 3.5% in the second quarter from the previous quarter.
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65% of local respondents have had to take unpaid leave or half-paid leave, became underemployed, had to accept a pay cut or even became unemployed due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy.
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.
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).
Macau’s general unemployment rate, which comprises local and non-resident workers, and local residents’ jobless rate remained unchanged at 1.7% and 2.3% respectively in the November 2019-January 2020 survey period.
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.
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