Unemployment drops to 13.5% in March
Poland’s registered unemployment rate declined to 13.5 percent in March compared to 13.9 percent in February, statistics office GUS said on Thursday. Earlier this month, the Labor Ministry had estimated the figure to be 13.6 percent.
The number of unemployed persons registered in labor offices was 2.18 million in March and decreased by 73,700 compared to February.
The jobless rate was the highest in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie voivodship, at 21.5. It was the lowest in Wielkopolskie, at 9.6 percent.
“The labor market data have positively surprised for a couple of months, which should support private consumption in the upcoming quarters,” BZ WBK economists wrote in an e-mailed comment. They however stressed the influence of the Labor Ministry’s intervention on the number of new jobs.
