Seasonally adjusted estimates for September 2020: • Unemployment rate increased to 6.9%. • Participation rate decreased to 64.8%. • Employment decreased to 12,571,900. • Employment to population ratio decreased to 60.3%. • Underemployment rate increased to 11.4%. • Monthly hours worked increased by 9 million hours. Unemployment In seasonally adjusted terms, in September 2020: • The unemployment rate increased 0.1 pts to 6.9% (1.7 pts higher than a year ago) • Unemployed people increased by 11,300 to 937,400 (and increased by 228,100 over the year to September 2020) • The youth unemployment … (full story)