Thai employment falls 0.4% yoy in Q2

EMPLOYMENT in Thailand dropped 0.4 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier due to lower farm jobs, after a 0.1 per cent year-on-year dip in the previous quarter, the state planning agency said on Monday.

The jobless rate rose to 1.07 per cent in the April-June quarter from 1.01 per cent in the previous three months, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said in a statement. REUTERS