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00:00 The number of Filipinos without jobs decreased last February
00:04 according to the latest Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority.
00:08 From the 4.5% unemployment rate last January, it decreased to 3.5% last February.
00:14 That's equivalent to 1.8 million Filipinos over the age of 15.
00:18 That's lower than the estimated 2.15 million who lost their jobs last January.
00:23 That number is also lower than the 4.8% who lost their jobs in the same month last year.
00:29 The employment rate in February increased to 96.5%
00:33 which is equivalent to 48.95 million people with jobs.
00:37 In the labor force, the under-employed or those who have jobs but want to add time to their income
00:44 is also lower than last January.
00:49 [Music]