Unemployment rate in Philippines down to 6.5 per cent in November

MANILA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua): Around 3.16 million Filipinos were out of work in November, down from the 3.5 million recorded in October, according to a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) survey released on Friday.

"The country's unemployment rate of 6.5 per cent in November was the lowest since January 2021," PSA head Dennis Mapa said in an online briefing.