Unemployment rises in April amid NCR Plus lockdown

However, the April rate was higher than March’s 7.1 percent even as the March survey had been limited to national level data and did not delve into regional respondents.

Mapa said the labor force population—Filipinos aged 15 and above, with or without a job—further rose to 47.4 million in April from 45.2 million in January and 41.1 million in April 2020. He said many did not participate in the labor force in April 2020 due to the strictest lockdown back then as the government prevented movement of people and non-essential goods to contain the virus’ spread.

The PSA chief said “more people were looking for work” despite the stricter quarantines reimposed in National Capital Region Plus—Metro Manila as well as the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal—last April.Among the country’s regions, NCR suffered the highest unemployment rate in April of 14.4 percent, equivalent to about 875,000 jobless in Metro Manila.

In contrast, the regions of Central Luzon and Calabarzon, which covered the four provinces that had been part of NCR Plus, had lower jobless rates in April compared to 2020 even as they were worse than January’s. In a joint statement, President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers said the April unemployment rate reflected “a temporary reversal of our first-quarter employment gains, which show the tight link between labor market outcomes and the level of quarantine restrictions.”

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