Luxembourg's unemployment rate eased moderately in June, after rising in the previous month, figures from the statistical office STATEC showed Thursday.
The unemployment rate came in at a seasonally adjusted 7.2 percent in June. That followed by a 7.3 percent in the previous month, which was the highest since the series began in January 1995. A year ago, the jobless rate was 7 percent.
Data showed that there were 17,365 registered unemployed residents in the country during the month. On a yearly basis, the figure increased 6.6 percent, or by 1,077 persons.
The number persons engaged in an employment measure was 5,019 in the end of current month.
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