‘HARMLESS’ SLOWDOWN: The unemployment rate last month fell 0.04 percentage points, but after seasonal adjustment increased 0.01 percent from a month earlier

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 23, 2019
By: Crystal Hsu  /  Staff reporter

The unemployment rate last month fell to 3.68 percent, with fewer job losses from seasonal work, downsizing and closures, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday.

The reading is down 0.04 percentage points from February, when a considerable number of people switched jobs after receiving year-end bonuses, the DGBAS said.

“Some of them have secured positions, sending the jobless gauge lower,” Census Department Deputy Director Pan Ning-hsin (潘寧馨) told a media briefing.

The unemployment rate after seasonal adjustment was 3.72 percent, compared with 3.71 percent a month earlier, the agency said in a report.   [FULL  STORY]