[2] These extra hours are equivalent to around 3.3 per cent of the labour force, which, taking account of conventional unemployment, means that the underutilisation rate is 8.1 per cent. This hours-based measure is preferable to heads-based measures of underutilisation that treats an unemployed person in the same way as a part-time worker seeking a few more hours.
In September, lending rates for enterprises stood at 4.63 percent, decreasing by 0.61 percentage points year on year, a relatively low level in history. The goal of “increasing volume, expanding coverage and lowering price” for MSB financing has been achieved.