June 8 (Reuters) - The Czech unemployment rate dipped to 6.4
percent of the workforce in May from 6.8 percent a month
earlier, the Labour...
...Ministry said on Friday in the release of
the data under EU-harmonised methodology.
The May figure was just below the 6.5 percent forecast of
analysts polled by Reuters .
CZECH UNEMPLOYMENT MAY 2007 APRIL 07 MAY 06
pct of workforce 6.4 6.8 7.9
number of available
jobless 353,604 372,764 431,725
total number of jobless 382,599 402,932 463,042
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