Focus Taiwan
Date: 04/22/2020
By: Tsai Peng-min and Chiang Yi-ching
The jobless rate showed a 0.02 percentage point rise in March from a month earlier to 3.72 percent, but after seasonal adjustments, it was 3.76 percent, a monthly increase of 0.06 percent percentage points and the highest since last May, DBGAS data showed.
In March, the number of unemployed persons in the country increased by 2,000, or 0.45 percent, from the previous month to 445,000, according to the DGBAS.
The number of workers who lost their jobs due to downsizing or closure of companies increased by 7,000 in March, while the number of employees who quit to seek other jobs decreased by 2,000, as did the number of first-time job seekers, the data showed. [FULL STORY]