France Initial Jobless Claims

The number of people registered as out of work in mainland France decreased by 9.7 thousand from a month earlier to 3.426 million in October 2018. Initial Jobless Claims in France averaged 1.12 Thousand from 1996 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 74.30 Thousand in February of 2009 and a record low of -61.70 Thousand in July of 1999.

Initial Jobless Claims in France is expected to be -2.60 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Initial Jobless Claims in France to stand at -46.20 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Initial Jobless Claims is projected to trend around -6.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-08-27	10:00 AM	Unemployment Benefit Claims	19.3K	-1.8K	14.4K
2018-09-26	10:00 AM	Unemployment Benefit Claims	10.8K	19.3K	18.2K
2018-10-25	10:00 AM	Unemployment Benefit Claims	-37.2K	10.8K	-48.8K
2018-11-27	11:00 AM	Unemployment Benefit Claims	-9.7K	-37.2K	4.5K
2018-12-27	11:00 AM	Unemployment Benefit Claims		-9.7K	-22.3K
2019-01-24	05:00 PM	Unemployment Benefit Claims			-3K
2019-02-27	11:00 AM	Unemployment Benefit Claims

France Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	9.10	9.10	10.70	7.20	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	28184.20	28145.30	28184.20	19530.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	3425.90	3435.60	3584.90	1975.90	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	65.90	65.80	65.90	63.50	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.40	3.60	5.00	2.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	21.50	20.40	26.20	14.50	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	108.20	108.10	108.20	5.90	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	118.72	118.44	118.72	20.68	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	289.20	264.80	363.80	121.10	Thousand	[+]
Wages	2998.00	2956.00	2998.00	1751.73	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	102.00	101.60	117.90	72.70	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	1498.47	1498.47	1498.47	1035.97	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	0.40	0.70	1.00	0.10	percent	[+]
Population	67.19	66.95	67.19	45.46	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	72.30	72.20	72.30	69.50	percent	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	-9.70	-37.20	74.30	-61.70	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	1790.00	1750.00	1860.00	1650.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1080.00	1050.00	1150.00	960.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	2772.80	2774.30	5475.10	2768.90	Thousand	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	25173.60	25158.60	25173.60	24298.40	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	19392.30	19369.90	19392.30	12409.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	4948.80	4838.00	4965.70	3802.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.10	0.20	0.70	-0.50	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	21849.10	21682.40	21859.10	18337.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	5781.30	5788.70	5806.90	5609.30	Thousand	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1610.00	1580.00	1610.00	1530.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3120.00	3460.00	3460.00	3120.00	EUR/Month	[+]

France Initial Jobless Claims

In France, unemployment benefit claims refer to the change in number of people claiming unemployment benefits in mainland France. This page provides the latest reported value for - France Initial Jobless Claims - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. France Initial Jobless Claims - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.