Hungary: Unemployment Continues Downward Trend

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: November 1, 2013; 14:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

In September, Hungary´s unemployment rate was down by 0.6 percentage points. The number of jobseekers is 8.1% less than in 2012.

Hungary: Unemployment Continues Downward Trend / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In the 3rd Quarter of 2013, the number of unemployed people was 434 thousand, 24 thousand fewer than in the same period of 2012, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.6 percentage point to 9.8%.

In July–September 2013, the number of 15–74 year-old unemployed male population was 232 thousand, 18 thousand fewer than a…