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Employment Agency reports rise in unemployment for October

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The level of unemployment in the country is 4.3 percent. According to data of the Employment Agency, at the end of October, the number of unemployed people registered at the labor offices totaled 141,987, or 3,607 more compared to the record low number reported in September. During the month, 25,482 new unemployed people were registered, which is 3,168 more than the previous month and 150 more than those registered in October 2021.

Those who found work in October were 12,846, and just 242 of them found work through the labor offices.




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