Singapore Jobless Rate at 5-Year Low Amid Foreign Worker Curbs

bloomberg.com 31 Jan '13, 4am

Singapore Jobless Rate at 5-Year Low Amid Foreign Worker Curbs - Bloomberg

Singapore’s jobless rate fell to a five-year low last quarter as companies hired more local workers after the government tightened the inflow of foreign labor. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell to 1.8 percent from 1.9 percent in the third quarter, the Ministry of Manpower said in a statement today. The median estimate of nine economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 1.9 percent rate. The economy added 44,500 jobs last quarter, compared with 26,200 in the previous period. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has raised foreign-worker levies and salary thresholds as part of measures to reduce the economy’s reliance on overseas labor after the island’s population jumped by more than 1.1 million since mid-2004. The clampdown has led to manpower shortages and rising job vacancies, damping economic growth as companies seeking to expand faced difficulty in hiring. “Putti...

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