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Unemployment continues downward trend in August

A total of 261,525 unemployed were registered at job centres at the end of August, down by 6,575 compared to July and 45, 296 on a year-on-year basis.

This means that unemployment is continuing its downward trend and now stands at 8 percent. Compared to July 2016 this means a drop of 0.2 percentage points, with this typically summer tendency continuing. 



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