Official unemployment rate quadruples in a year in Minsk

Афіцыйнае беспрацоўе ў Мінску за год узрасло ў чатыры разы

The number of officially registered unemployed reached 6.6 thousand people in Minsk at the end of August – it is 4.1 times more that at the end of August 2014 and 0.2% more than at the end of July 2015, BelaPAN refers to the labour and social protection department of Minsk City Executive Committee.

 

The official unemployment rate reached 0.6% of the active population at the end of August 2015 (0.1% in August 2014). 

1 million 76.4 thousand people worked in Minsk in August 2015. It is 0.8% less than last August.

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