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LABOR FORCE SURVEY By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News, 5 Jun 2019 The unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 percent in April 2019, from 5.5 percent a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Wednesday, citing results of the Labor Force Survey.

(Philstar.com), May 8, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — An estimated 9.4 million Filipino adults or 19.7% of the labor force are unemployed for the first quarter of 2019, according to the Social Weather Stations survey released Tuesday night.

By CNN Philippines Staff, Apr 29, 2019 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 28) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief rejected the tag by a labor group that called the agency “anti-worker” due to its alleged human rights violations on Monday.

by BEN O. DE VERA, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dec 31, 2018 The rate of jobless Filipinos in the labor force declined to 5.3 percent in 2018 from 5.7 percent last year even as underemployment inched up, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

by Consuelo Marquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov 10, 2018 Jobless adult Filipinos numbered 9.8 million in the third quarter of the 2018, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, whose results were released on Saturday.

By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Aug 29, 2018 More than half of American companies in the country warned they would not expand their operations if the government would insist on the scheduled transition to a new tax regime under the second package of the tax reform program.

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By Melissa Luz T. Lopez, Businessworld, Apr 18, 2018 THE PHILIPPINES can be expected to lead growth across major Asian economies, except India, up to 2019, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that nevertheless showed the country suffering the worst unemployment in Southeast Asia in the same years.

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by Ben O. de Vera, Inquirer, Mar 7, 2018 Jobless rate declined to 5.3 percent although the number of underemployed increased in January amid the growing labor force population in the country, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.

by Inquirer Research, Jan 25, 2018 Joblessness in the country fell to a 13-year low last December to 15.7 percent from 18.9 percent in September, a decline of 1.5 million adult Filipinos without jobs, results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. The decline coincided with the 6.6 percent expansion of the gross domestic…

by Margaret Claire Layug/DVM, GMA News, Jan 24, 2018 Joblessness in the Philippines dropped to 15.7 percent with 7.2 million jobless adults, according to the Social Weather Stations’ 2017 fourth quarter survey released on Tuesday.

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By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 10, 2017 The jobless rate eased last April while the underemployment rate fell to its lowest in more than 10 years, the government reported yesterday.

By Leo Jaymar G. Uy, Senior Researcher, Businessworld, Jun 10, 2017 LATEST data show an improvement in the number and quality of jobs as unemployment and underemployment both eased in April, the government’s statistical agency reported on Friday.

By: Frances Mangosing, INQUIRER.net, May 01, 2017 There were 800,000 less jobless Filipinos in the first quarter of 2017 but optimism that there will be more jobs in the next 12 months fell during the same period.

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, Apr 2, 2017 Underemployment in the Philippines grew 2 percent annually in a span of over 20 years, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Businessworld, Mar 15, 2017 THE RANKS of those employed but who were seeking more work thinned to a record low in January, according to official data released yesterday that nevertheless showed the employment rate at its lowest and unemployment at its highest in two-and-a-half years.

by Raynan F. Javil, Feb 24, 2017 THE NUMBER of jobless Filipinos hardly changed last year from 2015, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that bared a fourth-quarter reading that was the worst in two years. Fourth-quarter optimism about job prospects for the succeeding 12 months, however, was at its peak since this…

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/09/if-you-lost-your-job-tomorrow-this-is-what-an-economist-would-ask-you?utm_content=bufferd9e6a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer by Nick Bunker, 22 September 2016 If you lost your job tomorrow, how much would you have to pull back on spending? The answer to that question and the answer that millions of other U.S. workers could give would help economists get a really good handle on which models of consumption actually do a…

By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star), July 6, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The number of unemployed Filipinos rose by nearly two million in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

Broad-based improvement in employment, says PSA MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines registered slight gains in employment last October, while the jobless rate eased to its lowest level in a decade, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

MANILA—The number of unemployed Filipinos went down in July 2015 as the market continues to reflect the continued strength of the economy, but interventions in the agriculture sector must continue to protect El Niño-affected workers, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has the highest unemployment rate among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), according to a report of the International Labor Organization (ILO) published in 2014.

SANILA, Philippines – Unemployed Filipinos dropped by about 3.4 million in the first quarter of 2015, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest report. The new SWS survey showed the country’s joblessness rate falling from 27 percent, or an estimated 12.4 million adults, in December last year to 19.1 percent, or about nine…

Statement of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on the first quarter 2015 SWS survey on adult joblessness: Joblessness down, optimism up [Released on April 29, 2015] The most recent survey released by the SWS, covering the first quarter of 2015, shows that adult joblessness in the country has fallen drastically to 19.1%, down from 27% last…

Although some 10.4 million of them were jobless in the third quarter of 2014, Filipinos are now more optimistic of work available in the next 12 months, a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations showed.

The lack of analytical skills is making several college graduates difficult to employ, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop) said. At the Tapatan sa Aristocrat forum on jobless growth on Monday, Ecop Assistant Treasurer Lucy Tarriela said this stems from the “copy-paste” frame of mind of many young Filipinos.