Unemployment rate in April dips but concerns over current lockdown

Compliance to the SOP being observed: Clear roads in Bandar Sunway during the first day of the total lockdown. — ART CHEN/The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s unemployment rate slipped to 4.6% in April, the lowest since October last year, on easing curbs for the economy but the impact of the MCO 3.0 and the two-week lockdown from June 1 to 14 may weigh on the recovery.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Statistics Department said April's unemployment rate at 4.6% or 742, 700 unemployed persons, an improvement from 4.7% in March.