TABLE-Czech April jobless rate dips to 6.8 pct

10.05.2007 | , Reuters
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The Czech unemployment rate dipped to 6.8 percent of the workforce in April from 7.3 percent a month earlier, the Labour Ministry said on...

...Thursday in the release of 
the data under EU-harmonised methodology. 
    The April figure was just below the 6.9 percent forecast of 
analysts polled by Reuters  . 
     
CZECH UNEMPLOYMENT          APRIL 07     MARCH 07     APRIL 06 
 pct of workforce             6.8          7.3          8.3 
 number of available 
  jobless                   372,764      399,618      454,493 
 total number of jobless    402,932      430,474      486,163 
     
    NOTE. The number of available jobless shows how many people 
registered as unemployed by labour offices are able to start 
work shortly. The total number of jobless is for all jobless 
registered by labour offices. 
    The data is calculated in line with the methodology used by 
 Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency. 
     
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
  
  
  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/JOBLESS  
    

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