Key Economic Statistics - May 2008
The latest bulletin on Key Economic National Statistics produced by the Welsh Assembly Government was released on 14 May 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
The bulletin includes latest information from a range of sources and covers a variety of time periods. This bulletin updates the statistics previously released on 18 April 2008.
The Bulletin
Statistical Bulletin 24/2008 (PDF 289kB)
The key points from the latest release are:
The Labour Force Survey estimates for the 3 months to March 2008 show:
- The employment rate of people of working age in Wales was 71.8 per cent, up from 71.5 per cent in the same period a year earlier. The UK average was 74.9 per cent.
- The ILO unemployment rate in Wales was 5.4 per cent of the economically active, down from 5.6 per cent in the same period a year earlier. For the UK as a whole it was 5.2 per cent.
- The rate of economic activity amongst people of working age in Wales was 76.0 per cent, up from 75.9 per cent in the same period a year earlier. The UK average was 79.1 per cent.
The claimant count rate in April 2008 for Wales was 2.8 per cent of the workforce, down 0.1 percentage points over April 2007 (UK rate 2.5 per cent).
The detailed quarterly Labour Force Survey datasets on StatsWales were updated to include the new labour market information on 16 May 2008.
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Next Update:
13 June 2008