Key statistics: Seasonally adjusted estimates for December 2021: • Unemployment rate decreased to 4.2%. • Participation rate remained at 66.1%. • Employment increased to 13,242,000. • Employment to population ratio increased to 63.3%. • Underemployment rate decreased to 6.6%. • Monthly hours worked increased by 18 million hours. {table} Unemployment: In seasonally adjusted terms, in December 2021: • The unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 pts to 4.2% • The unemployment rate was 1.1 pts below March 2020 • Unemployed people decreased by 62,200 to 574,400 • Unemployed people was 148,800 lower than March 2020 • The youth ... (full story)