By Abigail Marie P. Yraola, Deputy Research Head
THE PHILIPPINE unemployment rate climbed to a three-month high in April, while the quality of jobs deteriorated, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday.
Preliminary data of the PSA’s latest Labor Force Survey (LFS) showed national unemployment rate — the share of the jobless Filipinos to the total labor force — inched up to 4% in April from 3.9% in March but lower than 4.5% a year ago.
April saw the highest unemployment rate in three months or since 4.5% in January.
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