MRPiPS: Registered unemployment rate amounts to 5.2% in VIII

The registered unemployment rate amounted to  5.2 percent in August 2019 compared to 5.2 percent in July this year, the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy (MRPiPS) reported.
“According to preliminary data of the ministry, the number of unemployed at the end of August 2019 amounted to 866,700 people and compared to the end of July 2019 fell by 1,700,” the release reads.
The number of unemployed at the end of August was therefore almost 92,000 lower than last year.
(PAP)