Employment and economic growth link
Does GDP growth come with a falling unemployment rate?
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0700.HK Tencent Holdings | Hang Seng Index | 2025-10-16 – 2026-10-16 | HKD
- Highest item: Growth, unemployment up
- 2.55 percentage points
- Lowest item: Growth, unemployment down
- -2.66 percentage points
- Average
- -1.09 percentage points
- Number of items
- 4 items
Main chart: annual change in unemployment rate (percentage points), by real GDP annual growth rate (%)
Annual change in unemployment rate (percentage points) (Scatter)
Supporting chart: unemployment rate level and population
Real GDP annual growth rate (%) (Bar)
Detail: data rows, observation dates and missing-value status for the employment and economic growth link
Annual change in unemployment rate (percentage points) and Real GDP annual growth rate (%) (Table)
Sample data rows
| Real GDP annual growth rate (%) | Annual change in unemployment rate (percentage points) | Real GDP annual growth rate (%) | Data date (sample) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growth, unemployment down | -2.66 | 2.39 | 2026-10-16 |
| Growth, unemployment up | 2.55 | 2.02 | 2026-10-16 |
| Contraction, unemployment down | -1.85 | 6.47 | 2026-10-16 |
| Contraction, unemployment up | -2.4 | 2.45 | 2026-10-16 |