Statistics: Unemployment rate climbs up to 6.9 pct in the 4th quarter of 2012
Monday, March 25, 2013
The unemployment rate stood at 6.9 percent at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, up compared with the previous quarter (6.8 percent), but down compared to the corresponding quarter of 2011 (7.7 percent), the National Institute of Statistics (INS) announced on Friday.Employment rate in population aged 20-64 years was 63.6 percent, by 6.4 percent below ...