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Employment continues to rise
The number of employed rose by 29 000 from July to October 2007. The unemployment rate stood at 2.5 per cent in October, the same as in July.
Adjusted for seasonal variations, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows that the number of employed increased by 29 000 or 1.2 per cent from July (as measured by the average of the three months from June to August) to October (as measured by the average of the three months from September to November).
Unemployment unchanged
The unemployment rate stood at 2.5 per cent of the labour force in October (as measured by the average of the three months from September to November), the same as in July (as measured by the average of the three months from June to August). This is inside the error margin of the LFS. Seasonally adjusted figures of people registered unemployed and on government measures to promote employment with the Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV) showed a decline of 3 000 in the same period.
Man-weeks worked
From July (as measured by the average of the three months from June to August) to October (as measured by the average of the three months from September to November) the average number of man-weeks (37.5 hours) worked each week decreased by 27 000 adjusted for seasonal variations.
Unemployment down in Denmark
In Denmark, the unemployment rate fell from 3.3 per cent in July to 2.9 per cent in October. In Sweden, the unemployment rate rose from 5.6 per cent in July to 5.8 per cent in October. France saw unemployment drop from 8.3 per cent to 8.1 per cent in the same period. The unemployment rate in Germany was down from 8.4 per cent in July to 8.1 per cent in October. The unemployment rate for the EU15 fell from 6.9 per cent in July to 6.8 per cent in October. The US saw unemployment increase from 4.6 to 4.7 per cent. (All figures refer to seasonally adjusted data from Eurostat .)
Employment and unemployment figures include permanent residentsThe 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. Some of these will later become registered residents and then be included in the population covered by the LFS. Statistics Norway publishes separate figures for registered non-residents once a year. See short-term immigrants . |
Uncertain figuresThe 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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The statistics is published with Labour force survey.
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Arbeidsmarked og lønn
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Erik Herstad Horgen
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