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Labour force survey, seasonally-adjusted figures, July 2011

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Minor change in the labour market

The labour market remained stable from April to July 2011. The unemployment rate was 3.2 per cent in July.

Unemployed (LFS), registered unemployed and registered unemployed plus government initiatives to promote employment. Seasonally-adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2011

Seasonally-adjusted unemployment in selected countries, 2004-2011. Percentage of the labour force

The seasonally-adjusted unemployment decreased by 6 000 persons from April 2011 (average number March - May) to July (average number June - August). The change is within the error margin of our Labour force survey (LFS). The unemployment rate was 3.2 per cent of the labour force in July 2011.

In comparison, the number of registered unemployed persons with the Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) decreased by 1 000 persons during the same period. These figures have also been adjusted for seasonal variations.

Minor change in the employment

Adjusted for seasonal variations, there were 7 000 more employed persons in July than in April. The change is within the error margin of the LFS.

Employment (LFS). Seasonally-adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2011

Unemployment (LFS). Seasonally-adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average. 1999-2011. In per cent of the labour force.

The labour force is the total of employed and unemployed between 16-74 years of age. From April to July 2011, employment rose by 7 000 persons and unemployment increased by about 6 000 persons. This gives an increase in the labour force on the lower edge of 2 000 persons.

The coherence between the concepts

Unemployed + Employed = Labour force

Labour force + Outside the labour force = Population

Unemployment down in Denmark and up in France

The unemployment rate in Denmark decreased by 0.2 percentage points from April to July 2011, ending at 7.1 per cent. In France the unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points in the same period. France had an unemployment rate of 9.9 per cent in July. The unemployment rate in EU-15 was 9.5 per cent in July, up 0.1 percentage points from April. In the USA, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points from April to July. A total of 9.1 per cent of the labour force in the USA were without a job in July. All figures refer to seasonally-adjusted LFS data published at Eurostat .

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 who are not registered as permanent residents or who are planning to stay for less than six months are not included in the employment figure in the LFS. If these people lose their job, it does not count as a fall in employment or a rise in unemployment. In national accounts figures (NR), employed non-residents are included in the employment figure as long as they work in an establishment in Norway. If employment decreases in this group it will count as a fall in employment in NR. Statistics Norway publishes separate figures for all registered non-residents once a year. See short-term immigrants .

Uncertain figures

The purpose of making seasonal adjustments is to describe the development over the last year, corrected for 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 May represent the average of the seasonally-adjusted estimates for April, May and June. However, uncertainty means that sampling errors must be considered when interpreting the figures from the LFS. We normally compare the latest non-overlapping three-month periods. An overview of sampling errors in the LFS can be found in “ About the statistics ”, chapter 5, section 3.

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

Revisions

The complete time series is re-estimated each month, and this may cause some adjustments of previously published figures. See Revisions for more information . Interviews that arrive late are included in the LFS the following month. This applies for the first two months of every quarter.

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