Unemployment fell to 6.9 percent in June

Unemployment fell to 6.9 percent in June

The unemployment rate in Slovakia stood at 6.9 percent in June, down by 0.45 percentage points month-on-month and by 2.55 percentage points year-on-year, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre general director Marian Valentovič announced at a press conference in Bratislava on Thursday with Prime Minister Robert Fico and Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter in attendance. "The results are even better than we had expected a few months ago. All our promises and statements have been met to the fullest. We've eventually reached the magical number six in terms of the unemployment rate," said Fico. The number of jobseekers immediately able to take a job was 187,997 in June, a decrease of 12,394 individuals month-on-month and of 68,618 (26.74 percent) year-on-year.

Gavin Shoebridge Foto: TASR

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