Unemployment down to 12.5% - Labor Ministry
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The registered unemployment rate in Poland fell to 12.5 percent in May, according to an estimate released by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy on Thursday. In April the figure was 13 percent.
The decline mostly results from economic growth, which guarantees an increase in the number of jobs, Labor Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said while presenting the estimate. He added that the number of unemployed persons fell below 2 million last month and stood at 1.99 million.
“The decline that we are observing this year is not only seasonal, it is also a result of trends being reversed,” the minister said. “If the trend continues in June and July, we should observe a decline to 12 percent in the summer vacation period,” he added.
