Swedish jobless rate falls to 8.0%

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2025-08-22

Copenhagen (dpa-AFX) - Sweden's jobless rate decreased further in July to the lowest level in seven months, figures from Statistics Sweden showed on Friday. The unadjusted unemployment rate dropped to 8% in July from 9.4% in June. In the same month last year, the jobless rate was 7.7%. The number of unemployed decreased to 474,000 persons in July from 559,000 persons in the prior month. The youth unemployment rate, which is applied to the 15-24 a......

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