Unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in January

The unemployment rate was 5.5 percent in January against 5.2 percent in December, as Stanisław Szwed, the Deputy Minister of the Family, Labor and Social Policy.

“January is a difficult month, but we expect a decline in the unemployment rate in the coming months,” Szwed ensured.

At the end of January 2020, the number of unemployed amounted to 922,400 people, by 100,700 less compared to January 2019.

(PAP)