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Employment continues to rise
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Labour force survey, seasonally-adjusted figures, May 2007

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Employment continues to rise

Employment increased by 19 000 people from February to May 2007 according to seasonally adjusted figures from Statistics Norway's Labour Force Survey (LFS).

Labour force, employees and man-weeks worked. Seasonally adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2007

Unemployed (LFS), registered unemployed and registered unemployed plus government measures to promote employment. Seasonally adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2007

Adjusted for seasonal variations, the LFS shows that the number of employed people increased by 19 000 from February (as measured by the average of the three months from January to March) to May (as measured by the average of the three months from April to June).

Unemployment nearly unchanged

The unemployment rate stood at 2.5 per cent of the labour force in May (as measured by the average of the three months from April to June), compared with 2.7 per cent in February (as measured by the average of the three months from January to March). The 0.2 percentage points decline (4 000 people) is inside the LFS error margin. Seasonally adjusted figures of people registered unemployed with the Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV) also show a decline of 4 000 in the same period.

Employment (LFS). Seasonally adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2007

Unemployment (LFS). Seasonally adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2007

Man-weeks worked

From February (as measured by the average of the three months from January to March) to May (as measured by the average of the three months from April to June) the average number of man-weeks (37.5 hours) worked each week increased by 15 000 adjusted for seasonal variations. This is inside the LFS error margin.

Unemployment down in EU15

The unemployment rate for the EU15 fell from 6.9 per cent to 6.7 per cent from February to May. In May, the unemployment rate stood at 6.6 per cent in Germany, down 0.5 percentage points from February. In France, the unemployment rate fell from 8.9 per cent to 8.7 per cent in the same period. In Sweden, the unemployment rate fell from 6.5 to 6.2 percent. In Denmark, the UK and the US the unemployment rate was stable. (All figures refer to seasonally adjusted data from Eurostat .)

Seasonally adjusted unemployment in selected countries, 2002-2007. Percentage of the labour force

Employment and unemployment figures include permanent residents

The LFS only includes persons who are registered as residents in the population register. Persons working in Norway, but who are not registered as permanent residents or who are planning to stay for less than six months, are not included in the number of employed in the LFS. Statistics Norway publishes separate figures for these groups once a year. See short-term immigrants .

Uncertain figures

The purpose of making adjustments for seasonal variations is to describe the development over the last year and provide estimates of change between the last two three-month periods, corrected for normal seasonal variations. In order to reduce uncertainty, the published series are three-month moving averages of the seasonally adjusted figures. For instance, the figures for February represent the average of the estimates for January, February and March.

Quarterly LFS figures, not seasonally adjusted, are presented in a separate article .

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