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Unemployment Rose to 12.34 percent in June
Tuesday 20 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) - Slovakia's unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points month-on-month to 12.34 percent in June, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Office (UPSVaR) announced on Tuesday.
June's unemployment increase came after falls were recorded for three months in a row.
While the number of unemployed in June rose by almost 3,000 compared to May, the figure increased by more than 18,600 year-on-year.
The average length of time that unemployed people were registered at labour offices reached an average of 13.3 months in June, a y-o-y increase of 2.59 months.
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