Czech Jobless Rate Falling
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PRAGUE - CZECH unemployment fell to a rate of 8.7 per cent in May from 9.2 per cent in April, posting the third straight decline as the country kept recovering from the global crisis, official data showed on Tuesday.
Employment offices registered 499,222 job seekers ready to start work at once, a drop of 24,369 people against April and an increase of 52,771 against May 2009, said the ministry of labour and social affairs.
'The labour market is becoming stable. The Czech Republic will definitely fail to surpass the 10-per cent level,' said Petr Dufek, an analyst with CSOB bank in Prague.
In May 2009, unemployment reached 7.9 per cent and was growing steadily as the global economic crisis hit the central European ex-communist country of 10.5 million.
The jobless rate grew between November 2008 to March this year. Sources: Startimes.com, AFP |