Nov 8 (Reuters) – Portugal’s unemployment price edged increased to five.8% within the third quarter from 5.7% within the earlier three months, however fell from 6.1% a 12 months in the past, official knowledge confirmed on Wednesday.
Between July and September of this 12 months, the overall variety of these unemployed elevated by 2.3% to 305,800 individuals from the second quarter and fell 4.1% from the identical interval final 12 months, the Nationwide Statistics Institute mentioned.
The whole workforce was little modified in comparison with the earlier quarter at 5.2 million individuals.
Reporting by Joao Manuel Maurcio in Gdansk, modifying by Andrei Khalip
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