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Labour force survey, seasonally-adjusted figures, June 2010

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Employment rising

From March to June the number of employed persons rose by 17 000 persons. The unemployment rate remained stable at 3.5 per cent in the same period.

Seasonally-adjusted unemployment in selected countries, 2004-2010. Percentage of the labour force

Unemployed (LFS), registered unemployed and registered unemployed plus government initiatives to promote employment. Seasonally-adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2010

Adjusted for seasonal variations, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows the number of employed persons increased by 17 000 persons from March (average February- April) to June (average May - July). The increase came among persons within the age group 25-74 years.

Stable unemployment rate

According to the LFS, there were no changes in the unemployment rate from March to June. The unemployment rate remained stable at 3.5 per cent of the labour force.

In comparison, seasonally-adjusted figures for those registered unemployed with the Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV) including government initiatives to promote employment fell by about 2 000. These figures have also been adjusted for seasonal variations.

The labour force is the total of employed and unemployed between 16 and 74 years of age. From March to June the employment rose by 17 000 and the level of unemployment remained stable. This gives an increase in the labour force of 18 000 people.

The coherence between the concepts

Unemployed + Employed = Labour force

Labour force + Outside the labour force = Population

Decrease in unemployment in Scandinavia

Both Sweden and Denmark saw a decrease in the unemployment rate from March to June of 0.4 and 0.5 percentage points respectively. The unemployment rate in Sweden was 8.1 per cent in June, and 6.1 per cent in Denmark. In the same period the unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points in the USA, ending at 9.5 per cent. In the EU-15 the unemployment rate remained stable at 9.5 per cent. All figures refer to seasonally-adjusted data from Eurostat .

Employment (LFS). Seasonally-adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2010

Unemployment (LFS). Seasonally-adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average. 1999-2010. In per cent 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 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. 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 .

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