Less people signing on in November, report reveals

There were 4,100 less people signing on the live register in November, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to official figures released today.

This reduced the seasonally adjusted unemployment total to 367,100, according to the Central Statistics Office.

In unadjusted terms, there were 352,647 people signing on, an annual decrease of 38,860 (-9.9%) to 352,647.

The standardised unemployment rate in November 2014 was 10.7%, down from the revised figure of 10.9% in October 2014.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the most recent Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) was 11.1% in the third quarter of 2014.

On a seasonally adjusted basis the Live Register showed a monthly decrease of 2,500 (-1.1%) males in November 2014, while females decreased by 1,600 (-1.1%) over the same period.

The number of male claimants decreased by 28,821 (-11.8%) to 214,726 in the year to November 2014, while female claimants decreased by 10,048 (-6.8%) to 137,921.

This compares with a decrease of 22,832 (-8.6%) to 243,538 for males, while female claimants showed a decrease of 2,938 (-1.9%) to 147,969 in the year to November 2013.