{"id":445,"date":"2018-01-30T09:07:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T14:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=445"},"modified":"2018-02-01T09:08:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T14:08:40","slug":"unemployment-down-to-6-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=445","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment down to 6.1%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/socialWelfareOfficeManOutside_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/socialWelfareOfficeManOutside_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/socialWelfareOfficeManOutside_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The unemployment rate is down to 6.1%, official figures have revealed today.<br \/>\nAccording to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) 143,700 people were out of work in this month &#8211; a fall of 28,600 over the course of the last year.<br \/>\nThe report also found youth unemployment (people aged 15-24) was at 13.7%.<br \/>\nOverall the CSO said its monthly unemployment monitor recorded 83,600 men and 60,100 women out of work this month.<br \/>\nUnemployment has steadily fallen since it peaked at 16% in 2012 and is now back at levels not seen in almost 10 years.<\/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-445\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=445&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-445\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=445&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-445\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=445&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=445\" 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>The unemployment rate is down to 6.1%, official figures have revealed today. 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