The High Commission for Planning overhauled its quarterly employment survey in May, aiming for a more granular reading of the data closer to reality rather than the sometimes reductive lens of the unemployment rate alone. This week’s second-quarter 2026 results, the analysis argues, validate that methodological shift while also delivering genuinely encouraging signals. Unemployment fell more than a full point from the previous quarter, to 9.5 percent, while the economy added 279,000 paid jobs in just three months. The High Commission has also recalculated its main indicators back to 2017 under the new methodology, the analysis notes, allowing for consistent historical comparison going forward. That, combined with closer alignment to International Labor Organization standards, is expected to sharpen both domestic policy evaluation and international comparisons of Morocco’s labor market over coming quarters.