the fall in unemployment is halted in the 3rd quarter

The number of unemployed (category A, without activity) remained stable in France in the third quarter compared to the second, at 3.164 million registered (-1,700), according to figures published Wednesday by the Ministry of Labor.

Over one year, the drop in category A is 10.9%, or 388,800 fewer people. Including reduced activity (categories B and C of Pôle Emploi), the number of job seekers was also stable in the third quarter (-7.1% over one year) and stood at 5.436 million (-1,000 people ), according to the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Labor (Dares).

A plateau that comes after an already weak drop of 0.8% in the second quarter. Far from the sharp declines of 5% recorded in the first quarter of 2022 and the last quarter of 2021.

The number of job seekers on the rise among young people

The number of job seekers increased by 1.5% (metropolitan France, category A) in the third quarter for those under 25 (-16.1% over one year).

Reassuring news, to finish: entries to the Pôle emploi in categories A, B and C continued to decrease slightly over the quarter (-0.8%), with a sharp drop in entries for economic redundancy (-14.5%) . On the other hand, exits from the Pôle emploi fell sharply (-5.5%).