Czech Republic: Unemployment Grows Slightly

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: March 1, 2013; 13:45 ♦ (Vindobona)

In January 2013, the general employment was up by 1.3 percentage points. The unemployment rate came at 7.0% in January.

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The employment rate (the share of the employed persons in the age group 15-64 years, as percentage), seasonally adjusted, reached 67.3% in January 2013 and increased by 1.3 percent point (p.p.) compared to that in January 2012. The employment rate of persons aged 15-29 years, seasonally adjusted, was 44.2%, in the age group 30-49 years it attained 84.6%, and in the age…