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The jobless rate had originally fallen to a fresh low of 6 percent in October but the statistics office said last year that its introduction of a new survey, which included 2016 census data, had led to adjustments to the historic series.
The number of people in work in the third quarter of last year rose by 48,100 to 2.2 million, up 0.5 percent compared to the previous quarter and a 2.2 percent increase year-on-year.