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Irish coronavirus adjusted unemployment rate soars to 16.5%

Europe Materials 9 April 2020 14:53 (UTC +04:00)
Ireland’s unemployment rate more than trebled to 16.5% at the end of March including those receiving emergency coronavirus jobless benefits
Irish coronavirus adjusted unemployment rate soars to 16.5%

Ireland’s unemployment rate more than trebled to 16.5% at the end of March including those receiving emergency coronavirus jobless benefits, the state’s statistics office said on Thursday, ahead of a likely further surge this month, Trend reports with reference to Reuters.

The standard monthly unemployment estimate rose to just 5.4% from 4.8% in February, the Central Statistics Office said, as those in receipt of the new welfare payment “do not meet the internationally agreed criteria to be considered as unemployed”.

The new COVID-19 adjusted unemployment measure was based on the 283,037 people on the higher emergency payment and 207,200 on regular benefits at the end of the month. A further 224,000 received the emergency payment in the first three days of April, the employment affairs office said on Monday.

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