Unemployment rate in July down at 5.2%

The unemployment rate in July was 5.2 percent against 5.3 percent in June, Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. The number of unemployed registered in labor offices in July amounted to 868,400 against 877,100 in June. 

At the beginning of August, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy said that according to the ministry's estimates the unemployment rate in July was 5.2 percent. Analysts surveyed by PAP Biznes at the end of July estimated that the unemployment rate last month was 5.3 percent.