Accessible table of the time series of the European Labor Market Barometer
European Labour Market Barometer at weakest level since 2020
The European Labour Market Barometer falls for the fourth time in a row in November. After a decrease of 0.2 points, it stands at 99.0 points - its weakest level since 2020. Both components of the leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB lost ground in November: the component forecasting unemployment fell by 0.2 points to 99.0 points, while the employment component fell by 0.3 points to the neutral mark of exactly 100 points. The rise in unemployment will therefore continue in winter. “The European Labour Market Services do not expect any further employment growth in the coming months,” explains Enzo Weber, IAB head of forecast.
The time series of the European Labour Market Barometer, including its components for all 16 participating employment services, is available at www.iab.de/Presse/elmb-components. More information on the European Labour Market Barometer is available in our Magazine IAB-Forum: Launch of the “European Labour Market Barometer"
Run by the European Network of Public Employment Services and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the European Labour Market Barometer is based on a survey of the local or regional employment agencies in 16 PES services. A leading indicator of employment and unemployment in labour markets, the survey has been carried out jointly by the employment services and the IAB since June 2018. Agencies are asked to assess both the unemployment and employment outlook for the next three months, resulting in two components and one barometer for each PES. The European barometer is then derived from these national scores in the form of a weighted average.
Taken from: Labour market barometer helps predict (un)employment trends | European Social Fund Plus (europa.eu)
Release Dates
- 30 December 2024
- 29 January 2025
- 26 February 2025
- 26 March 2025
- 28 April 2025
- 26 May 2025
- 26 June 2025
- 29 July 2025
- 27 August 2025
- 25 September 2025
- 28 October 2025
- 26 November 2025
- 30 December 2025
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Period surveyed
June 2018 until November 2024
Date of publication
2024/11/27
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The data on the European Labour Market Barometer are published under the following Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Publications
- Leading indicators for unemployment and employment in Europe: Launch of the “European Labour Market Barometer“Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo (2020): Leading indicators for unemployment and employment in Europe: Launch of the 'European Labour Market Barometer'. (IAB-Kurzbericht, 21/2020), 4 p.
- Launch of the "European Labour Market Barometer"Weber, Enzo; Hutter, Christian (2020): Launch of the "European Labour Market Barometer". In: IAB-Forum, 20.10.2020, without pagination.