Labour Force Survey (June 2016)

The 700 decline in employment in June was below consensus expectations of a 5,000gain, in part because of a fall back in the number of public administration workers asthe majority of temporary census-related hires in May were no longer working inJune. Meanwhile, the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.8%, from 6.9%, wasentirely a reflection of 20,900 fall back in the labour force.

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