Unemployment rate drops slightly in October – GUS

The unemployment rate in October 2019 was 5.0 percent against 5.1 percent in September, reported the Central Statistical Office (GUS). According to the report, the number of unemployed registered in labor offices in October was 840,500 against 851,200 people in September 2019.
Earlier estimates of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and analysts assumed that the unemployment rate reached 5.1 percent.
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