The unemployment rate continues to fall. The number of category A unemployed people from Pôle emploi (without activity) fell by 0.8% in France (excluding Mayotte) in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter, i.e. 26,900 less registered, to 3.165 million people, according to figures released Wednesday by the Department of Labor. This brings the year-on-year decline to 15.1% in this category.
In detail, still in category A, for metropolitan France alone, the number of job seekers was stable in the second quarter for those under 25 (-22.8% over one year) and fell for those aged 25 -49 years old (-0.4%) and those aged 50 and over (-1.2%).
-8.9% over one year, all categories combined
Including reduced activity (categories B and C), the number of job seekers fell by 1.7% in the second quarter (-8.9% over one year) and stood at 5.436 million. registered, according to the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Labor (Dares).
“The number of job seekers continues to decrease! “, immediately welcomed the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, noting on Twitter that the number of registered in category A, B and C “drops significantly”.
In the second quarter, the number of job seekers in category B (less than 78 hours of work in the month) fell by 3.7% (-27,700 registered), after having increased by 2.2% in the previous quarter. For category C (more than 79 hours), it decreased by -2.7% (-41,900 registered).
Decline in long-term unemployment
On the long-term unemployment front, the number of jobseekers registered for a year or more fell by 3.9% in the second quarter (-14.9% over one year) to 2.57 million people (categories A , B and C). The share of job seekers registered for a year or more reached 47.3% (-3.3 points over one year).
The latest quarterly results published at the end of April had shown a sharp drop of 5% in category A, or 170,000 less registrants, after a drop of the same order in the previous quarter (-5.7%). For ABC, the decline was 2.7% to 5.533 million.
The second quarter figures confirm other favorable indicators published recently. The number of declarations of hiring for more than a month (excluding temporary workers) notably increased by 3.6% in the second quarter, after a slight drop in the previous quarter (-0.6%), thus indicated Urssaf. last week.