Unemployment among both residents and citizens had inched down, with that for residents hitting 4.0% in March, from 4.1% in February. Meanwhile, the rate for Singaporeans came in at 4.2%, down from 4.3% in February.
Singapore’s unemployment continued to show signs of recovery, as the seasonally-adjusted rate eased by 0.1% points in March.
This brought the republic’s overall unemployment rate to 2.9% in March, lower than the 3.0% recorded in February. This was revealed in the preliminary numbers released in the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) Labour Market Report on Apr 28.
