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12/09/2012
NI Unemployment Rate Creeps Above UK Average
The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland rose above the UK average in the last quarter.
Figures released today showed a rate of 8.2% unemployment had now been reached.
The figure is 1.1% above the May-June rate, and is higher than the 7.4% joblessness rate recorded one year ago.
63,100 people claimed unemployment-related benefits in August, up 100 on the previous month.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said: "The rise in unemployment is disappointing but highlights the fact that the Northern Ireland economy is still impacted by the current recession. Output at UK level is falling and growth in the global economy is at disappointing levels.
Ms Foster said it was "encouraging" to see growth in the manufacturing and service sectors.
The 8.2% rate in Northern Ireland, although above-average for the UK, is below the EU average and much lower than that in the Republic of Ireland, where unemployment is running at almost 15%.
Esmond Birnie of PricewaterCooper told the BBC that the private sector had grown by 2,710 jobs in the last quarter (compared to a decline of 620 jobs in the public sector) and the economy needed more companies to "innovate and export".
(NE)
Figures released today showed a rate of 8.2% unemployment had now been reached.
The figure is 1.1% above the May-June rate, and is higher than the 7.4% joblessness rate recorded one year ago.
63,100 people claimed unemployment-related benefits in August, up 100 on the previous month.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said: "The rise in unemployment is disappointing but highlights the fact that the Northern Ireland economy is still impacted by the current recession. Output at UK level is falling and growth in the global economy is at disappointing levels.
Ms Foster said it was "encouraging" to see growth in the manufacturing and service sectors.
The 8.2% rate in Northern Ireland, although above-average for the UK, is below the EU average and much lower than that in the Republic of Ireland, where unemployment is running at almost 15%.
Esmond Birnie of PricewaterCooper told the BBC that the private sector had grown by 2,710 jobs in the last quarter (compared to a decline of 620 jobs in the public sector) and the economy needed more companies to "innovate and export".
(NE)
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