UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES Recent Statistics From 14 Countries

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28528, 6 March 1958, Page 15

UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES Recent Statistics From 14 Countries

(N Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, March 4. Unemployment in the United States, Canada and Australia has risen, while it has decreased in Italy. West Germany and Japan, according to a survey in “The Times” today. The following table shows the number of unemployed in various countries at the most recent date for which adequate figures have been published:— c ~ « 3 © 7J ci • 313 o « °>. « Qgfa 22 w fd Australia Jan., 1958 74,765 52,629 Belgium Feb., 1958 195,144 148,728 Britain Feb., 1958 424.000 380,100 Canada Jan., 1958 520.000 303.000 Denmark Dec., 1957 113,046 93,142 France Feb., 1958 100,148 104,301 W. Germ. Jan., 1958 1,432,067 1,476,416 Italy, Oct. 1957 1,640,000 1,797,000 Japan, av„ 1957 53,000 640,000 Netherlands Feb., 1958 125,000 37,000 N.Z. Dec., 1957 340 274 Sweden Feb., 1958 56,000 41,000 Switzerland Feb., 1958 9,091 9.041 U.S. Jan., 1958 4,494,000 2.900,000 Some of th 6 figures given—such as those for Belgium—include partially or casually unemployed workers, but others excluded substantial numbers of workers believed to be unemployed or underemployed. This was particularly the case in Japan, where unemployment was defined so that the figure excluded perhaps as many as 5m under-employed. The figures for France and Italy excluded unemployed workers who were not registered and those for the United States did not include unemployed workers among the 30.000,000 who were not covered by unemployment insurance.

In Canada, there were several different methods of assessing unemployment, “The Times” saia. The estimate there, might be slightly on the low side. Some of the figures referred to unemployment on a given day in the month named and others were weekly or monthly averages.