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Labour force survey, seasonally-adjusted figures, July 2009

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Fewer employed and stable unemployment

The unemployment rate was 3.0 per cent of the labour force in July. The employment rate shows a decrease since the peak in the autumn of 2008.

Employment (LFS). Seasonally-adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2009

Labour force, employees and man-weeks worked. Seasonally-adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2009

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows a decrease in employment by 7 000 from April (as measured by the average of the three months from February to April) to July (as measured by the average of the three months from June to August). This decrease alone is within the error margin in the LFS, but is at the same time, in accordance with a falling trend since the employment peak in the autumn of 2008. The reduction in employment is mainly within the age group 16 -24 years.

Stable unemployment

Adjusted for seasonal variations, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows that the unemployment figure fell by 2 000 from April (as measured by the average of the three months from March to May) to July (as measured by the average of the three months from June to August). This is within the error margin of the LFS.

Unemployment (LFS). Seasonally-adjusted figures and trend figures. Three-month moving average in 1 000. 1999-2009

Unemployed (LFS), registered unemployed and registered unemployed plus government initiatives to promote employment. Seasonally-adjusted figures, three-month moving average in 1 000. 1997-2009

For the same period, seasonally-adjusted figures for those registered unemployed with the Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV) showed an increase of 1 600, and including people on government initiatives to promote employment the increase was 4 800.

The Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV) shows a certain increase throughout 2009 compared to the more stable figures from the LFS, which could, besides random sample errors, be a result of the LFS not adequately intercepting the increase in unemployment among new groups of immigrants. This is in comparison to the situation in 2008 where both LFS and NAV showed a clear increase in the unemployment rate. However, the LFS also shows a lower growth than NAV for this period.

NAV reports that 4 700 persons were incorrectly registered unemployed in February 2010. The erroneous figure was lower in previous months, but dates back to October 2008.This has no consequence for the LFS-numbers published by Statistics Norway, only for the comparisons with NAV's figures. Read more on NAV's website, or contact stein.langeland@nav.no

Unemployment up in other countries

Seasonally-adjusted unemployment in selected countries, 2004-2009. Percentage of the labour force

From April to July, unemployment continued to rise in the EU countries as well as in the USA. In France the unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points, ending at 9.8 per cent. In the USA it rose from 8.9 to 9.4 per cent in the same period. 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 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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