GUS: unemployment at 12% in February

The registered unemployment rate stood at 12 percent in February. No change was recorded compared with January and the unemployment rate is in line with expectations, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) informed. As of February 2014, unemployment amounted to 13.9 percent. Experts predicted the rate to stand between 11.9 percent and 12.1 percent. The number of new unemployed people totaled 194,100 in February, the office also reported.