Poland’s unemployment rate likely stood at 5.1% in October, unchanged from September, according to an estimate by the Labour Ministry.
Labour Minister Marlena Malag said on November 8 that the data showed that the economic slowdown had not yet affected the labour market.
“We still have 5.1% after the correction, which is lower than in August, and the same as it was in September,” she said.
Earlier, Malag said that the September unemployment rate was the lowest in 32 years.
“Apart from the unemployment rate being maintained at 5.1%, the number of jobless has also fallen once again despite the end of seasonal work,” she said.
“We currently have fewer than 800,000 people unemployed as compared over 800,000 before. There are still job offers,” Malag said.
The Central Statistical Office (GUS) will publish the October unemployment data on November 25. (The First News/Business World Magazine)