SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 7-jul-2020

July . 07 . 2020 page 12/21 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 00 | sci@ine.pt www.ine.pt SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 The Accommodation and food services sector continued to stand out in the use of the supporting measures, given that: • 42% of the enterprises have benefited from the suspension of tax and contributory obligations; • 27% benefited from the moratorium; • 23% accessed new low-interest loans. Use of the Government support measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in % of the total enterprises in production or operation, or temporarily closed Total of the responding enterprises 20% 13% 22% 10% 11% 22% 16% 21% 62% 58% 56% 60% 7% 6% 7% 9% Moratorium on the payment of interests and principal on existing credits Access to new low-interest loans or State guarantees Suspension of tax and contributory obligations Other measures (excluding simplified layoff) Already benefited Plans to benefit Has not benefited and plans not to Not eligible More information available at: Fast and Exceptional Enterprise Survey - COVID-19 – 2 nd fortnight June 2020 (1 de julho) In April, the employed population decreased by 1.3%; the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points and the labour underutilisation rate went up by 1.0 percentage points The monthly estimates presented correspond to mobile quarters, the reference month of which is the central month of each of these quarters, therefore the definitive estimates for April 2020 comprise the months of March, April and May, while the provisional estimates for May 2020 include the months of April, May and June. The unemployment rate (population aged 15 to 74) in April 2020 stood at 6.3% (+0.1 percentage points (p.p.) than in the previous month and -0.3 p.p. compared to April 2019). The employment rate in April 2020 reached 61.1% (-0.8 p.p. compared to the previous month and -1.2 p.p. compared to the same month of 2019). Compared to March 2020: • The unemployed population increased by 0.5% and the employed population decreased by 1.3%; • The active population decreased by 59,300 people (1.2%) and the inactive population increased by 59,900 people (2.3%).