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The official unemployment rate declined further to 32.9% in the third quarter of 2022, from 33.9% in the second, Statistics SA reported on Tuesday. | News24_Business

The Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows that 204 000 jobs were gained between the second and third quarter of 2022. Job losses were however recorded in the finance sector , private households and mining and agriculture .

The expanded unemployment rate - which includes discouraged job seekers who have given up looking for work - decreased to 43.1% from 44.1% in the second quarter.The QLFS has faced some scrutiny in recent months, amid growing concern about the reliability of SA’s employment data.Statistics SA is meant to collect data on the employment status of 33 000 households – which is extrapolated to determine the jobless rates for around 40 million adults in the country.

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