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National Unemployment Rate Dropped to 12.19 percent in August
Monday 20 September 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, September 20 (TASR) - Slovakia's unemployment rate dropped slightly (by 0.14 percentage points) month-on-month to 12.19 percent in August, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Office (UPSVaR) announced on Monday.
A total of 370,671 job-seekers were registered at job centres in August. Even though their number was 3,758 lower than in July, the same figure rose by 8,100 in annual terms.
The average length of time that unemployed people were registered at labour offices reached 13.57 months in August, a year-on-year increase of 2.5 months.
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