Indicators that describe the state of employment, unemployment, wages and the labor force itself, from how many people are working or looking for work to how much they are paid and how their pay is changing. Belongs here: employment counts, unemployment and participation rates, wage and compensation measures, and job-opening or turnover series. Does not belong here: a broader output measure such as GDP that includes labor income as only one component, or a price index, even one closely watched alongside labor data.
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The unemployment rate of an individual country is usually calculated and reported on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis by the National Agency of Statistics.
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