For the second consecutive quarter, the overall jobless rate climbed from a seasonally adjusted 1.7 per cent in December to 2.0 per cent in March and further to 2.3 per cent in June.

Channel NewsAsia


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2 Responses to “End of the “golden era”?”

  1. ahsayman 31 July 2008

    Tell us something we don’t know already , CNA!

  2. Currently Spared 31 July 2008

    News on more jobs created is posted all the time? Then jobless rate climbs? That can only means we are bringing in more than neededm since our birth rate is not climbing. Someone in immigration should be shot? :D