{"id":1472,"date":"2018-05-01T09:21:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2018-05-01T09:21:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:21:53","slug":"monthly-unemployment-falls-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1472","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Unemployment Falls Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/socialWelfareOfficeManOutside_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/socialWelfareOfficeManOutside_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/socialWelfareOfficeManOutside_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Unemployment levels have dropped again.<\/p>\n<p>The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April fell slightly to 5.9%, with just over 140,000 people still without work.<\/p>\n<p>Unemployment levels among men are nearly 1% higher than they are for women.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly unemployment rate has continued to fall month-on-month over the past year to 5.9% in April 2018, representing a total fall in the unemployment rate of 0.9 percentage points since April 2017 when unemployment stood at 6.8%. It is the lowest monthly unemployment rate since May 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Employment Affairs and Social Protection Minister, Regina Doherty, welcomed the figures. She said: \u201cToday is the first time monthly unemployment has fallen to under 6% in 10 years. This is a significant milestone, considering unemployment was at 16% just six years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1472\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1472&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1472\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1472&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-1472\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1472&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1472\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unemployment levels have dropped again. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April fell slightly to 5.9%, with just over 140,000 people still without work. Unemployment levels among men are nearly 1% higher than they are for women. 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