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Strong decrease of employment in Q3 2012 (flash estimate)

Flash estimate - Job creation in competitive sectors - 3rd Quarter 2012

In Q3 2012, payroll employment in principally market sectors is expected to decrease strongly q-o-q (–50,400 jobs), after a slight drop in the previous quarter (-22,400). Excluding temporary work, employment is expected to decrease slightly in Q3 2012 (-17,600 jobs).

Sharp drop in temporary employment in Q3 2012

Temporary employment is in decline in Q3 2012 (–32,800 jobs, -6.0 %) after a limited drop the previous quarter (–3.3 % in Q2 2012).

Payroll employment change in the competitive sectors: thousands…
SA data in thousands
Change in 3 months Change in 1 year Level
2012 2012 2012 2012
Q2 Q3 Q3 Q3
Principally market sectors –22,4 –50,4 –63,8 16065,6
Goods-producing industries excl. Construction –7,7 –9,8 –28,4 3270,8
Construction –6,8 –3,9 –9,9 1432,5
Services –7,9 –36,7 –25,6 11362,3
of which: Temporary employment* –18,9 –32,8 –73,6 516,0
... Percentage
SA data in %
Estimates from models elaborated by INSEE and DARES based on the Acemo survey data.
* Temporary employment estimates by DARES are calculated from monthly temporary lists collected by Pôle emploi.
Sources: INSEE and DARES
Change in 3 months Change in 1 year
2012 2012 2012
T2 T3 T3
Principally market sectors –0,1 –0,3 –0,4
Goods-producing industries excl. Construction –0,2 –0,3 –0,9
Construction –0,5 –0,3 –0,7
Services –0,1 –0,3 –0,2
of which: Temporary employment* –3,3 –6,0 –12,5

Informations Rapides

n° 201 - November 13, 2012

Flash estimate of Job creation - 3rd quarter 2012

Next issue August 14, 2013 08:45 - 2nd quarter 2013

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