Key statistics: Seasonally adjusted estimates for September 2021: • Unemployment rate increased to 4.6%. • Participation rate decreased to 64.5%. • Employment decreased to 12,884,600. • Employment to population ratio decreased to 61.5%. • Underemployment rate decreased to 9.2%. {table} Unemployment: In seasonally adjusted terms, in September 2021: • The unemployment rate increased by 0.1 pts to 4.6% • The unemployment rate was 0.6 pts lower than March 2020 • Unemployed people increased by 8,900 to 626,000 • Unemployed people was 97,200 lower than March 2020 • The youth unemployment rate increased by 0.2 pts to 10.8% ... (full story)