Employment Report (Eurostat) in France

Main source of information on the labor market in France. It measures the percentage of unemployed (as defined by the ILO) on the total active population.

It is based on the extracted information of the Labor Force Survey, which a number of changes is performed. This will have the number of people who are in the process of job search and cyclical variables, such as the number of temporary workers and the number of new contracting companies into account. Data are given seasonally adjusted.

The evolution of the unemployment rate is a good indicator of the dynamism of the economy, although it is important to note that sometimes the unemployment rate increases for reasons not demand reduction but by a technological improvement.

It is reviewed once a year in March and the seasonal adjustment factors.