[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.426 million persons in December, which grew 270 thousand persons or 0.9% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.1% in December, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.209 million persons in December, which went up 168 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 61.5% in December, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 1,217 thousand people in December, which increased 103 thousand persons or 9.2% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 4.1% in December, up 0.3%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.448 million people in December, decreasing 49 thousand persons or 0.3% year-on-year.