Tag Archive: Switzerland Unemployment Rate

Unemployment rate measures the percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the reported month.

Switzerland has more job vacancies than jobseekers

2018-01-12

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2018-01-12

Speaking to Tages-Anzeiger, Cornel Müller, director of marketing at x28, Switzerland’s largest job search aggregator, said there was a large jump in the number of jobs available in Switzerland compared to one year ago.

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Switzerland Unemployment in December 2017: Up to 3.3 percent due to winter, seasonally adjusted unchanged at 3.0 percent

2018-01-09

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2018-01-09

Switzerland Unemployment Rate n.s.a. December 2017
Registered unemployment in December 2017 - According to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) surveys, 146,654 unemployed people were enrolled at the Regional Employment Centers (RAV) at the end of December 2017, 9,337 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate rose from 3.1% in November 2017 to 3.3% in the month under review. Compared to the same month of the previous year, unemployment fell by 12,718 (-8.0%).

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Switzerland Unemployment in November 2017: Up to 3.1 percent from 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted decreased to 3.0 percent from 3.1 percent

2017-12-07

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2017-12-07

Switzerland Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted, November 2017
Registered unemployment in November 2017 - According to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) surveys, at the end of November 2017 there were 137'317 unemployed registered at the Regional Employment Centers (RAV), 2'517 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate rose from 3.0% in October 2017 to 3.1% in the month under review. Compared with the same month of the previous year, unemployment fell by 11,911 persons (-8.0%).

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Switzerland Unemployment in October 2017: Remained unchanged at 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted unchanged at 3.1 percent

2017-11-09

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2017-11-09

Switzerland Unemployment Rate n.s.a. October 2017
Registered unemployment in October 2017 - According to surveys by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), 134,800 unemployed people were registered at the Regional Employment Centers (RAV) at the end of October 2017, 1,631 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate remained at 3.0% in the month under review. Compared with the same month last year, unemployment fell by 9,731 (-6.7%).

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Switzerland Unemployment in September 2017: Remained at 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted changed at 3.2 percent to 3.1 percent

2017-10-10

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2017-10-10

Switzerland Unemployment Rate n.s.a. September 2017
Registered unemployment in September 2017 - According to the SECO surveys, 133,169 unemployed persons were registered at the regional employment services centers (RAV) at the end of September 2017, 2,409 less than in the previous month. The unemployment rate remained at 3.0% in the reporting month. Compared to the previous month, unemployment fell by 9'506 persons (-6.7%).

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Switzerland Unemployment in August 2017: Remained unchanged at 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted remains at 3.2 percent

2017-09-08

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2017-09-08

Switzerland Unemployment Rate n.s.a. August 2017
Registered unemployment in August 2017 - At the end of August 2017 135'578 unemployed persons were registered at the Regional Employment Services Centers (RAV), according to the SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs), 1'652 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate remained at 3.0% in the reporting month. Compared to the previous month, unemployment decreased by 7'280 persons (-5.1%).

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Swiss Labour Force Survey in 2nd quarter 2017: Labour Supply: Number of Persons in Employment rises by 1.3 percent

2017-08-17

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2017-08-17

Unemployed According to ILO
The number of employed persons in Switzerland rose by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter 2017 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. The unemployment rate as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) fell during the same period in Switzerland from 4.6% to 4.4%. The EU's unemployment rate decreased from 8.6% to 7.6%.

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Switzerland Unemployment in July 2017: Remained unchanged at 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted unchanged at 3.2 percent

2017-08-08

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2017-08-08

Switzerland Unemployment Rate s.a. July 2017
Registered unemployment in July 2017 - According to the SECO, at the end of July 2017, 133,926 unemployed persons were registered with the regional employment services centers (RAVs), 323 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate remained at 3.0% in the reporting month. Compared to the previous month, unemployment fell by 5'384 persons (-3.9%).

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Switzerland Unemployment in June 2017: Decreased from 3.1 percent to 3.0 percent, seasonally adjusted unchanged at 3.2 percent

2017-07-07

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2017-07-07

Switzerland Unemployment Rate s.a., June 2017
Registered unemployment in June 2017 - According to the State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) surveys, 133'603 unemployed persons were registered at the Regional Employment Centers (RAV) at the end of June 2017, 6'175 less than in the previous month. The unemployment rate thus fell from 3.1% in May 2017 to 3.0% in the reporting month. Compared to the previous month, unemployment fell by 5'524 persons (-4.0%).

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Switzerland Unemployment in May 2017: Decreased from 3.3 percent to 3.1 percent, seasonally adjusted decreased from 3.3 percent to 3.2 percent

2017-06-08

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2017-06-08

Switzerland Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted, May 2017
Registered unemployment in May 2017 - According to the SECO surveys, 139,778 unemployed were registered at the Regional Employment Services Centers (RAV) at the end of May 2017, 6,549 less than in the previous month. The unemployment rate thus fell from 3.3% in April 2017 to 3.1% in the reporting month. Compared to the previous month, unemployment fell by 5,000 persons (-3.5%).

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Switzerland Unemployment in April 2017: Decreased from 3.4 percent to 3.3 percent, seasonally adjusted remained unchanged 3.3 percent

2017-05-09

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2017-05-09

Switzerland Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted, April 2017
Registered unemployment in April 2017 - At the end of April 2017, 146,327 unemployed persons were registered with the Regional Employment Services Centers (RAV), according to the SECO surveys, 5,953 less than in the previous month. The unemployment rate thus fell from 3.4% in March 2017 to 3.3% in the reporting month.

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Switzerland Unemployment in March 2017: Decreased from 3.6 percent to 3.4 percent, seasonally adjusted unchanged at 3.3 percent

2017-04-07

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2017-04-07

Switzerland Unemployment Rate n.s.a. March 2017
Registered unemployment in March 2017 - According to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) surveys, 152,280 unemployed persons were registered at the regional employment services centers (RAV) at the end of March 2017, 7,529 less than in the previous month. The unemployment rate thus fell from 3.6% in February 2017 to 3.4% in the reporting month.

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The Swiss Franc: The World’s Most Perplexing Currency?

2017-03-23

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2017-03-23

Big Mac Index
Swiss policymakers consider their domestic currency (the franc, or CHF) to be significantly overvalued. Measures taken by the Swiss National Bank seem to corroborate this stance, holding its nominal overnight rates well into negative territory. Considering where the Fed and ECB are in their policy cycles and where the SNB is in its cycle, the USD and EUR are likely to appreciate against the CHF.

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Switzerland Unemployment in February 2017: Decreased from 3.7 percent to 3.6 percent, seasonally adjusted unchanged at 3.3 percent

2017-03-09

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2017-03-09

Switzerland Unemployment Rate Seasonally Adjusted, Feb 2017
Registered unemployment in February 2017 - According to the State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) surveys, 159'809 unemployed persons were registered at the Regional Employment Centers (RAV) at the end of February 2017, 4'657 less than in the previous month. The unemployment rate thus fell from 3.7% in January 2017 to 3.6% in the reporting month.

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Switzerland Unemployment January 2017: Up to 3.7 percent from 3.5 percent, seasonally adjusted unchanged at 3.3 percent

2017-02-09

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2017-02-09

Switzerland Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted January 2017
According to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) surveys, 164,466 unemployed were registered at the Regional Employment Centers (RAV) at the end of January 2017, 5,094 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate thus rose from 3.5% in December 2016 to 3.7% in the reporting month.

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FX Daily, February 09: Dollar Bounce in Asia is Sold in the European Morning

2017-02-09

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2017-02-09

Winter
The US dollar is firmer against most of the major currencies in fairly quiet Asian turnover, but is seeing those gains pared in early Europe. The highlights include the RBNZ meeting that left rates on hold, as widely expected. The concern about the strength of the Kiwi saw the market reduce the perceived likelihood of a rate hike. NZD came off.

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Switzerland Unemployment December 2016: Rise from 3.3 percent to 3.5 percent, seasonally adjusted unchanged at 3.3 percent

2017-01-10

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2017-01-10

Switzerland Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted
Registered unemployment in December 2016 – According to the SECO surveys, 159,372 unemployed were registered at the Regional Employment Centers (RAV) at the end of December 2016, 10,144 more than in the previous month. The unemployment rate thus rose from 3.3% in November 2016 to 3.5% in the reporting month. Compared to the previous month, unemployment rose by 743 persons (+ 0.5%).

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Swiss Unemployment Rate (ILO-based) behind Iceland, Germany and Czech Republic on position 4: All Four Countries Are Currency Manipulators

2016-11-17

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2016-11-17

Unemployment Rate
With 4.8%, the Swiss unemployment rate based on the ILO concept is higher than the rates in Iceland (2.6%), Czech Republic (4.0%) and Germany (4.1%), but lower than the ones of the remaining 25 countries. As for youth unemployment, the Swiss are on position three with a rate of 11%, this is half the rate of the Eurozone, or a fourth of the rate in Spain or Greece.

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FX Daily, November 08: Consolidation Featured as Market Catches and Holds Breath

2016-11-08

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2016-11-08

FX Performance, November 08 2016 Movers and Shakers
The equity markets snapped their losing streak yesterday and are consolidating today. The US dollar is narrowly mixed. The euro and sterling are slightly firmer, but well within yesterday's ranges. The dollar-bloc is a bit lower, and once again the Australian dollar is struggling to sustain moves above $0.7700.

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Swiss Labour Force Survey in 2nd quarter 2016: Number of employed persons + 1.6%; unemployment rate (ILO) 4.3%

2016-08-22

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2016-08-22

The number of employed persons in Switzerland rose by 1.6% between the 2nd quarter 2015 and the 2nd quarter 2016. During the same period, the unemployment rate as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) increased slightly from 4.2% to 4.3%. The EU's unemployment rate decreased from 9.5% to 8.6%. These are some of the survey results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

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