Further Decline in Unemployment Rate

Business › Economy ♦ Published: June 1, 2011; 11:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

Compared to May 2010, the number of unemployed persons decreased by 2.5%. In April, Austria recorded the lowest rate among all EU countries.

Further Decline in Unemployment Rate / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The continuing economic boom has caused a favorable development of the Austrian unemployment rate in May. 221,369 persons were registered as unemployed, which is a decrease by 2.5%. The number of people in training also decreased by 12,398 to now 65,780. 287,149 persons were still not employed, corresponding to a decline by 18,118 or 5.9% compared to May 2010. Since the opening of the…

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