Finland's jobless rate falls slightly to 10%

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2025-05-22

Helsinki (dpa-AFX) - Finland's unemployment rate decreased marginally in April after rising to a 10-month high in the previous month, figures from Statistics Finland showed on Thursday. The jobless rate among the 15-74 age group dropped to 10% in April from 10.1% in March. In the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 9.2%. The number of unemployed people was 288,000 versus 285,000 in the previous month. The youth unemployment rate, whic......

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