INCREASE OF UNEMPLOYED

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11408, 3 January 1923, Page 4

INCREASE OF UNEMPLOYED

STRIKING SWISS FIGURES, “The latest figures available foir most countries show that the decreases in unemployment! still continue,” states the “International Labour Review” for November, in its monthly Article on “Employment and Unemployment.” “'fliough this decline is partly, due to seasonal employment in building and agriculture,continues the “Review,” “a comparison with the corresponding figures of a year ago shows a more .favourable situation ter a great many countries. The least improvement seems to have taken place in the United Kingdom. The. slight improvement which had -been in progress in this country since the beginning of the year was not maintained at the same rate in August. , ‘“Some improvement is taking place in the United States, and in Canada the unemployment fell to 3.6 per cent, in August, a figure equal to the level of two* years ago, when trade activity was brisk. '

“In European countries the .latest statistics available, without' exception, mark an improvement. In Switzerland the number unemployed has fallen to 50 per cent. ■ of the number in February, when the unemployment v crisis reached its maximum. lit Italy a distinct improvement took place- at the end of July. The latest figure received' from Belgium referring to the end of July is the lowest recorded since the publication of statistics by the “Review.” In Poland and in Czecho-Slo-vakia unemployment has been steadily decreasing since February.”