GUS: Unemployment rate at 8.3% in September

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 8.3 percent in September 2016, compared to 8.4 percent in August, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) announced on Tuesday. GUS reported that the unemployment rate went down m/m in all voivodships, with the exception of Pomerania, where it remained unchanged. The figures ranged from 5.1 percent in Wielkopolskie to 13.7 percent in Warmia-Mazuria. Looking at the y/y figures, unemployment was down in all voivodships without exception. The number of registered unemployed totaled 1.324 million at the end of September, compared to 1.347 million a month earlier. This is a drop of 1.7 percent, but the y/y drop was a more impressive 14 percent.