Norway's jobless rate falls to 4.3%

NAMPA / DPA
2025-05-22
Copenhagen (dpa-AFX) - Norway's unemployment rate decreased slightly in April from a 14-month high in March, the labour force survey data from Statistics Norway showed on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped to 4.3% in April from 4.4% in March. In the corresponding month last year, the rate was also the same 4.3%. The number of unemployed people dropped to 131,000 in April from 134,000 in the prior month, the agency said. Data s......
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