Singapore Unemployment Rate Final

Últimas cifras

El último dato, de Q2, se publicó el 2026-09-21 y fue 1.9%. Está por debajo del consenso de 2%. Es menos que 2.0% la vez anterior.

A lower unemployment rate than expected signals a tight labour market: it tends to support the Singapore dollar and push bond yields up.

En las últimas 7 publicaciones osciló entre 1.9% y 2.0%, con una media de 2.0%.

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Por qué importa

Full employment is part of most central banks' mandate. A falling unemployment rate means a tighter labour market, faster wage growth and more inflation pressure, which can keep the Monetary Authority of Singapore hawkish; a rising rate is one of the clearest recession signals (the US "Sahm rule" flags a 0.5-point rise in the three-month average).

Cómo se calcula

the Department of Statistics (SingStat) usually runs a household survey: people are counted as unemployed if they had no work, were available and looked for a job recently. The rate is unemployed ÷ (employed + unemployed). Registered jobless and claimant counts instead count people signed on for benefits. Participation is the labour force ÷ working-age population.

Unemployment rate = unemployed ÷ labour force × 100
Labour force = employed + unemployed

Qué significan los cambios

• A lower rate than expected usually supports the Singapore dollar.
• Check participation: unemployment can fall because people stop looking, which is not good news.
• Broader measures (US U-6) include part-timers who want more hours.

Una breve historia

Systematic unemployment statistics began in the 1930s Depression; the International Labour Organization's definition, adopted in 1982, is used by most countries today.

MAS steers the Singapore dollar's exchange rate rather than an interest rate.

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