| dc.description.abstract | The unemployment situation in the Conununi ty -measured by the number of persons registered at employment offices -re;:ained practically unchanged, at almost six million, between end-September and end-Octobel' 1971· Analysis of the figures adjusted for seasonal variations may even indicate a slight downward trend. The percentage of registered une:~ployed in the civilian working population is thus still 5· 7 %, compared \·ri th 5.o{o in October last year. As a result of differing trends in the !·!ember States, there was, however, a slight change in the breakdown of registered une1:1ployed between countries in the Community. Between end-September and end-October, increases in the number of registered unemployed 'irere recorded i.n seven r.!ernber States : 43,200 more in the Federal Republic of Germany, 28,800 in France, ?7,000 in Italy, 9,600 in Denmark, 700 in Belgium, 120 in Luxembourg and 100 in Ireland. On the other hand, the number of registered unemplo:ted fell by 90,700 in the United Kingdom and by 1,800 in the Netherlands bett-reen September and October 1917. |
