This rate reflects the stabilization of the segment after a sequence of five consecutive hikes, with accumulated increase of 2.0% in the period and considering a seasonally adjusted series. The results of other comparisons were positive: 2.1% in comparison with June/06, 2.0% compared to the same quarter in the previous year, and 1.6% accumulated in the year.
The indicator accumulated in the last 12 months has been on a growing trend since October 2006, having changed from 0.8% in May to 1.0% in June.
The acceleration observed in the segment of industrial employment was also reflected in the indexes which compare the quarter with the immediately previous one (seasonally adjusted series). In this case, the second quarter of 2007 (1.1%) had the highest rate since the third quarter of 2004 (1.6%).
Salaried employed persons: In June, industrial employment had negative change of 0.1% in comparison with May, considering a seasonally adjusted series, after a sequence of five months with positive rates; in this period, there was accumulated increase of 2.0%. The quarterly moving average, which has been on a growing trend since last January, changed by 0.3% between May and June.
The comparison with June 2006 showed increase by 2.1%, the twelfth consecutive positive result. This way, the index accumulated in the first semester of the year reached 1.6%.
In terms of the quarterly indexes, the number of employed persons changed by 2.0%, in the second quarter of 2007, compared to the same period in 2006, and was 1.1% higher than in the immediately previous quarter (seasonally adjusted series). The indicator accumulated in the last twelve months has been on a growing trend since October 2006, and changed from 0.8% in May, to 1.0% in June.
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