Unemployment steady in December

Poland’s unemployment rate edged up slightly in December, to 8.3 percent, according to the Central Office of Statistics. In November, it had been 8.2 percent. According to figures tallied from labor offices, the number of registered unemployed was 1.34 million last month. The figure was consistent with predictions made earlier this month by the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Policy, which had also estimated that the rate would be 8.3 percent. The government, however, also stated that, according to its estimates, it expected the unemployment rate to decline to 8.0 percent by the end of 2017.