Polish unemployment steady at 5% in September: gov't

Poland’s unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent in September, unchanged from the previous two months, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy said on Friday.

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There were around 771,000 people without jobs across the nation at the end of September, down by 1,300 from a month earlier, according to the government.

MRPiPS: liczba bezrobotnych we wrześniu najniższa od ponad 30 lat. (PAP) pic.twitter.com/HYIkYFJ5QP

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The state-run Statistics Poland agency (GUS) reported last month that the Polish jobless rate had stayed flat at 5 percent in August, unchanged from July.

Bezrobocie we wrześniu było na poziomie 5,0 procent - podało Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej.https://t.co/vTMpnbqaEC

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Meanwhile, the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, estimated this month that unemployment in Poland stood at 2.9 percent in August, marking the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation bloc.

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Source: IAR, PAP