Job fear in 2017: With low employment hope, 15 mn didn't even look for jobs

During the 2017 calendar year, employment grew by only 2 million, or 0.5 per cent, from the previous year

It will take a week more to finalise all estimates for the sixth complete survey (a Wave) on unemployment and consumer sentiments. Field operations concluded on December 31 and preliminary monthly results till December 2017 were available on the very next day, ie on January 1. However, the preliminary monthly estimates for the four months from September through December will be revised to account for non-responses and for delayed responses.

While we will analyse those final estimates in the coming weeks, we can get some insights of what happened on the employment and unemployment front during 2017 compared to 2016