Poland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from the previous month at 2.6% in September, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, reported on November 3.
The number of unemployed edged up to 448,000 in September from 444,000 in August, Eurostat also said.
According to Eurostat, the unemployment rate in the eurozone countries, according to seasonally adjusted data, went down to 6.6% in September from 6.7% in August.
According to Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS), Poland’s unemployment rate went down to 5.1% in September from 5.2%, after correction, in August.
The discrepancy between GUS and Eurostat figures results from the use of different methodologies. (The First News/Business World Magazine)