An increase that we would do without.
While the government is displaying ambitious employment targets, the number of category A unemployed rose very slightly in April, with 9,300 more job seekers compared to March (+0.3%), to 3.179 million. , according to figures from the Department of Labor released on Wednesday.
This is the first monthly increase since April 2021, but the Department of Statistics of the Ministry (Dares) does not comment on the monthly data, which is too volatile, favoring quarterly changes.
In the first quarter, the decline was 2.7%
The latest quarterly results published at the end of April had shown a sharp drop of 5% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the previous quarter, i.e. 170,000 fewer registered in category A, to 3.193 million on average over the three months.
Encouraging figures compared to those of growth.
Including reduced activity (categories B and C), the number of job seekers in France (excluding Mayotte) remained down 0.7% in April compared to March and stood at 5.456 million (-40,600 ), according to Dares.
In the first quarter, the decline was 2.7% to 5.533 million on average.
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