| Key |
|
Improving |
 |
|
Worsening |
 |
|
Steady |
 |
|
Unknown |
 |
The trend is calculated by comparing the figures for February 2008 and February 2009 |
|
Month
|
Number Unemployed
|
% of economically active population
|
|
February 2008
|
1088
|
2.10%
|
|
March 2008
|
1040
|
2%
|
|
April 2008
|
974
|
1.90%
|
|
May 2008
|
958
|
1.80%
|
|
June 2008
|
926
|
1.80%
|
|
July 2008
|
936
|
1.80%
|
|
August 2008
|
973
|
1.80%
|
|
September 2008
|
893
|
1.70%
|
|
October 2008
|
871
|
1.70%
|
|
November 2008
|
979
|
1.90%
|
|
December 2008
|
1132
|
2.20%
|
|
January 2009
|
1317
|
2.50%
|
| February 2009 |
1455
|
2.80%
|
| March 2009 |
1506
|
2.8%
|
| April 2009 |
1456
|
2.8%
|
| May 2009 |
1402
|
2.7%
|
Trend is worsening.
Comparing the data points for May 2008 and 2009 (Thereby excluding seasonal variation) the rate worsened from 1.8% to 2.7%.
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