Unemployment rate falls to 8.5% in VIII

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 8.5 percent at the end of August, down from 8.6 percent in July, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) informed on Friday. The number of registered unemployed people totaled 1.346 million in August, compared with 1.361 million in July. Earlier, the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy also reported that the unemployment rate amounted to 8.5 percent in August.