Ministry of Labor: Unemployment at 10% in August

The registered unemployment rate amounted to 10 percent in August, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points month-on-month, based on estimates from job centers, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy announced. "Unemployment in August was the lowest since 2008, when the financial crisis broke out. Everything indicates that the unemployment rate will stand at a one-digit level," said Mateusz Szczurek, the Minister of Finance. The number of registered unemployed decreased by 20,000 compared with July 2015. In August, there were 1.56 mln unemployed seeking jobs through job offices.