Polish unemployment down to 5.2% in July: stats office

Unemployment in Poland dropped to a new low of 5.2 percent in July, from 5.3 percent in June, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said on Monday.

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The reading was in line with an earlier estimate by the country’s labour minister.

There were around 868,400 people without jobs at the end of July, down from 877,100 a month earlier, according to the Central Statistical Office.

Labour and Social Policy Minister Bożena Borys-Szopa told reporters earlier this month that the 5.2 percent jobless figure for July marked the lowest unemployment rate in the country since 1991.

Poland's unemployment rate is expected to fall to 5.1 percent at the end of 2020 under a set of budget targets adopted by the country's government earlier this year.

(gs/pk)

Source: PAP