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Modest growth in self-employment from October 2021 to May 2022

employment change (%) compared with February 2020 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 Feb. 2020 2021 May 2022 Public sector employeesPublic sector employees Private sector employeesPrivate sector employees Self-employed Self-employed
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0288-01.

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Modest growth in self-employment from October 2021 to May 2022, employment change (%) compared with February 2020
  Public sector employees Private sector employees Self-employed
February 2020 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 2020 -4.0 -6.7 -1.2
April 2020 -5.9 -21.8 -2.5
May 2020 -6.0 -18.9 -3.6
June 2020 -5.2 -11.7 -3.2
July 2020 -3.5 -8.9 -3.8
August 2020 -3.0 -6.9 -6.2
September 2020 1.2 -5.0 -6.6
October 2020 0.8 -4.4 -5.6
November 2020 1.4 -4.2 -5.5
December 2020 2.1 -4.3 -6.9
January 2021 2.0 -6.0 -6.7
February 2021 3.1 -4.0 -7.1
March 2021 4.0 -2.5 -5.4
April 2021 3.8 -4.1 -5.3
May 2021 3.9 -4.5 -5.2
June 2021 4.7 -2.5 -7.4
July 2021 3.9 -1.5 -7.9
August 2021 4.7 -1.2 -8.0
September 2021 6.6 -0.3 -8.2
October 2021 6.8 0.1 -9.5
November 2021 7.1 1.0 -8.4
December 2021 8.0 1.3 -8.3
January 2022 7.8 -0.4 -7.9
February 2022 8.0 2.4 -8.5
March 2022 8.1 2.8 -7.5
April 2022 8.0 2.9 -7.5
May 2022 10.7 2.2 -6.6
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0288-01.
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