An Saoránach

The Central Statistics Office has released figures today showing that the number of people signing on fell by 3000 in October. This is the fist fall in 2 years. The unemployment rate fell back slightly from 12.6% to 12.5% in September.

The seasonally adjusted figure dropped by 3,000 from September to 422,500 and the total live register fell by over 7000. While only a marginal drop, this drop along with the strong export figures last month shows that we may have turned a curve.

I also noticed this in the CSO Report; some thing I actually didnt know. 

“The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. It includes part-time workers (those who work up to three days a week), seasonal and casual workers entitled to Jobseekers Benefit or Allowance. Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey and the latest seasonally adjusted figure, for April to June 2009, is 259,500 persons unemployed.”