"Unemployment may not fall every month"

"Unemployment may not fall every month"The number of registered unemployed at the end of January ANPE in category 1 reached 1.9 million, an increase of 0.7%.

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"Unemployment may not fall every month" is the reaction that had Francois Fillon, Friday, February 29, the day after the publication of unemployment figures. "What counts is its focus on the year. Month of January traditionally is a month that is not good."
"It is indeed a drop in unemployment in our country. Nevertheless, in order to achieve the goal of full employment that has set is going to require even more thoroughgoing reforms," he said.
Faced with this optimism, the PS has estimated that the government was "overtaken by the reality": the rise of 0.7% in January 2008 in the number of unemployed is the translation logic of slower growth in France (1.5 % in 2008) and the severe economic and social difficulties faced by our country ". The opposition believes that the government will have to face "the failure of its economic and social policy".

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1.91 million unemployed

The number of unemployed has risen by 0.7% in late January, compared with December (13,200), reaching 1.91 million, or 8.4% less than a year earlier.
In late December, the official barometer was down 9.3% over one year.
The number of registered unemployed in categories 1, 2 and 3 off reduced activity, which includes people willing to accept a part-time, temporary or interim one, stood at 2,029,700, also up 0.7 % compared with December (-9.6% compared to January 2007). This figure approaches the definition used by INSEE for calculating its unemployment rate.

A level "historically low"

Christine Lagarde reacted to the figures by saying that "other indicators in the labour market are well-oriented" and citing "job creation remained robust in the 4th quarter, and employment in the interim, who "rose in Q4."
"The recruitment difficulties, including the increase was moderate, however, reach high levels that fully justifies the reform of public employment service by the Act of February 13, 2008 on the operational merger of the ANPE and the Unedic" , "said Minister of the Economy.