GUS says the number of people out of work has increased in the past year

The Central Statistical Office (GUS) reports that at the end of June 2,437,400 people were registered as unemployed. This means the number of people unemployed has increased by 363,400 in the past 12 months. However, June's figures are down on May's by 9,000. In the first six months of this year, there were 316,900 job offers reported to the Labor Office (UP), which is 209,000 less than last year. At the end of June, the ratio of unemployed to the number of job offers was 150 to 1. In June last year the ratio was 143 to 1. (Rzeczpospolita, page B2) A.D.