Over one year, the number of category A unemployed has decreased by 15.1 %. Including reduced activity (categories B and C of Pôle Emploi), the number of job seekers is down 1.7 % in the second quarter.
Le Monde
The drop in the number of job seekers was confirmed in the second quarter of the year 2022. Their number in category A (without activity) has indeed recorded a drop of 0.8 % in France (excluding Mayotte) per report to the previous quarter, according to figures published Wednesday by the Ministry of Labor.
This decrease returns to 26,900 less registered in this category compared to the first semester, bringing their number to 3.165 million for the second period of the year.
Over one year, the drop in category A recorded is 15.1 %. Including reduced activity (categories B and C of Pôle Emploi), the number of job seekers is down 1.7 % in the second quarter (-8.9 % over one year) and stood at 5.436 million, according to the Department of Statistics of the Ministry of Labor (Dares).
In the first half, the unemployment rate already in decline was at the lowest since 2008.