Hungary's jobless rate stands at 4.5% in March, Q1 average at 4.7%

8 articles · Updated · bbj.hu · Apr 27

Employment in March reached 4.646 million, with Q1 employment down 65,000 year on year to 4.627 million.
Men’s employment dropped by 36,000 and women’s by 29,000, while the working-age employment rate slipped to 74.8%.
Long-term unemployment remained stable at 36.3%, and registered job seekers fell 4.1% year on year to 223,000 by March’s end.

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