Jobless rate at highest level in four years

[CookieMonster]

I think it could be evidence that displacement is taking place.

It could you know. Elect me and I will make sure that every Irish person who wants to work in Tesco can work in Tesco!

[odie1kanobe]

has maths changed since I did the leaving?

You failed it right !!!

Here is the example as haven't got the correct numbers

2 Million employed, 160 unemployed - workforce 2.16M

Unemployment 7.4%

78k jobs created, workforce increased by 80k

2.078m employed - 162 unemployed - workforce 2.24m

Unemployment 7.2%

odie1kanobe, you've got it completely wrong. Live register is not, I repeat not unemployment. It is an inaccurate measure which also includes casually emplyed and frictional unemployment which isn't real. The unemplyment ratre drifts between 4 and about 4.8% here in Ireland.

I was providing an example of why employment rate % would come down if new jobs were created but more people had entered the workforce. My first point was I didn't have correct numbers so everything was guesswork.