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Labour force survey, seasonally-adjusted figures, March 2008

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Continued rise in employment

The number of employed rose by 19 000 from December 2007 to March 2008. The unemployment rate was 2.4 per cent in March, the same as in December.

Labour force, employees and man-weeks worked. Seasonally adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2008

Unemployed (LFS), registered unemployed and registered unemployed plus government measures to promote employment. Seasonally adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2008

Adjusted for seasonal variations, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows that the number of employed increased by 19 000 or 0.8 per cent from December (as measured by the average of the three months from November to January) to March (as measured by the average of the three months from February to April). The growth in employment comes both from net immigration and higher labour force participation among registered residents.

Stable unemployment

The unemployment rate stood at 2.4 per cent of the labour force in March (as measured by the average of the three months from February to April), the same as in December (as measured by the average of the three months from November to January). Seasonally adjusted figures for people registered unemployed and on government measures to promote employment with the Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV) were unchanged in the same period.

Employment (LFS). Seasonally adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2008

Unemployment (LFS). Seasonally adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2008

Man-weeks worked

From December (as measured by the average of the three months from November to January) to March (as measured by the average of the three months from February to April) the average number of man-weeks (37.5 hours) worked each week increased by 22 000 adjusted for seasonal variations.

Unemployment down in many countries, up in the US

Unemployment decreased in many countries during the period December 2007 to March 2008, including Sweden, Denmark, France and Germany. In the US, however, unemployment rose. All figures refer to seasonally adjusted data from 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, 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 .

Seasonally adjusted unemployment in selected countries, 2003-2008. Percentage of the labour force

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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