Key statistics Seasonally adjusted estimates for August 2021: • Unemployment rate decreased to 4.5%. • Participation rate decreased to 65.2%. • Employment decreased to 13,022,600. • Employment to population ratio decreased to 62.2%. • Underemployment rate increased to 9.3%. • Monthly hours worked decreased by 66 million hours. {table} Unemployment In seasonally adjusted terms, in August 2021: • The unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 pts to 4.5% • The unemployment rate was 0.7 pts lower than March 2020 • Unemployed people decreased by 21,900 to 617,100 • Unemployed people was 106,100 lower than March 2020 • The youth ... (full story)