Eurostat: unemployment rate decreases in euro zone, Poland
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Eurostat: unemployment rate decreases in euro zone, Poland
The unemployment rate in the euro zone stood at 7.8 percent in February 2019, the same level as the one recorded in the previous month, the EU statistical office Eurostat reported. A year ago, the rate stood at 8.5 percent. In the entire European Union (EU), it amounted to 6.5 percent in February, compared with 6.5 percent in January and 7.1 percent in February 2018.
Seasonally adjusted, the unemployment rate in Poland amounted to 3.5 percent in February, against 3.6 percent in January 2019, according to Eurostat data. At present, the number of the unemployed in the country amounts to approximately 590,000.
(ISBnews)
