Unemployment remained stable in August, with more than three million job seekers in category A

Including reduced activity, the number of job seekers in France (excluding Mayotte) is up slightly by 0.2% and stands at 5.4 million, according to the statistical service of the Ministry of Labor.

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The number of category A unemployed (who are not working at all and are looking for work) remained almost stable in August, with 3.185 million jobseekers, 100 less than in July, according to figures from the Ministry of Labor published Tuesday, September 27.

Including reduced activity (categories B and C), the number of job seekers in France (excluding Mayotte) is up slightly by 0.2% (+13,400) and stands at 5.4 million, according to the statistical service of the Ministry of Labor (Dares). Over one year, the fall in category A is -10.4%. For categories A, B and C, it is -6.9%.

While the number of job seekers in category A remained stable in August, it increased among young people under 25 (+2.2%, or +8,700), falling in the other brackets. age.


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