Least 66 300 unemployed, a monthly fall record for the past 20 years – West-France

In percentage terms, one speaks about a decrease of -1,9 %. It is necessary to go back to November 2000 to find a bigger decline.

figures from the Pôle emploi, which pass under the bar of 3.50 million for the first time since January 2015, a decrease of 90 000 people since the beginning of the year (2.5 %) and 59 500 year on year (down 1.7 %).

“Despite the monthly fluctuations, sometimes severe, are therefore 10 000 people released each month, on average, the class Has “ Pôle emploi (without activity), welcomed the minister of Labour, Myriam El Khomri, in a press release.

” This is the third consecutive quarter of decline, which was observed since the beginning of 2008 “, before the crisis, she added.

the president of the Republic, François Hollande, has welcomed the drop which ” confirms a trend established since the beginning of 2016 “. The head of State stressed, however, that the ” battle n’[was] not completed “.

” Our collective duty is to pursue this fight with constancy and perseverance and encourage the growth without calling into question the principles of our social model, “, he stated on his account Facebook.

young people, take advantage of this drop

On the month of September, the decline is slightly less in cash overseas (-1,8 %), for a total of 3.75 million people were unemployed. The statistics also drop, but much less, including the job seekers who have exercised an activity (-0,7 %) to 5.48 million in the metropolitan area, 5,78 million in the whole of France.

The fall in unemployment has mainly affected the young, with a decline of 5.3 % in the number of job seekers under 25 years in class A. Their number is decreasing by 7.0 % year on year.

On the other hand, the situation of the elderly, aged 50 years or more, barely improves (0.2%), and remains deteriorated year on year (+2,4 %).

long-term unemployment in the recession

As for the long-term unemployment, it resumes its decrease (- 0.3% on the month, by 0.5% year on year). At the end of September, 2,42 million job seekers, small business included, were registered at Pôle emploi for more than a year.

But the good results in September, as the evil of August, are not only due to economic conditions.

The impact of ” defects “refresh

Since the beginning of the year, the number of working days during which the unemployed are required to update their situation has become variable. Result : the number of people désinscrites for ” default refresh “ fluctuates from one month to the next, playing sometimes up sometimes down on the monthly figures Pole employment.

In September, 238 900 people have left the employment for cause, or 66 500 more than in August and as much less people on the lists.

On the other hand, the plan 500 000 does not seem to have had an effect on the figures this month, as the category D of the Pôle emploi, where are listed the job seekers in training, remained virtually stable (-0,2 %).

In Britain, a decrease of 3.2 %

Between the end of September 2015 and end September 2016, in raw data, the number of job seekers by category Has decreased in the thirteen regions of metropolitan France (–4.2 % in the Countries of the Loire and – 0.3% in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’azur). The decrease was 2.0 % in the Drom, according to data released Tuesday by the Dares.

In Britain the decline of 3.2 % between September 2015 and September 2016, 3.5% in Burgundy, or 2.7% at New Aquitaine and in the region Hauts de France.