GUS: Unemployment at 8.6% in July

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 8.6 percent at the end of July, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) informed on Wednesday. To compare, the figure equaled 8.8 percent at the end of June 2016 and 10.1 percent at the end of July 2015. The number of registered unemployed totaled 1.362 million people in July, compared with 1.393 million in June. Earlier, the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy reported that the unemployment rate amounted to 8.6 percent in July, which is the lowest rate since 1991.