Swiss jobless rate drops to 3.1% in March

NAMPA / DPA

2026-04-08

Geneva (dpa-AFX) - Switzerland's unemployment rate decreased slightly in March to the lowest level in four months, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said on Wednesday. The unadjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.1% in March from February's stable rate of 3.2%. In the corresponding month last year, the jobless rate had stood at 2.8%. There were 146,255 unemployed people in March compared to 151,076 in the prior month. A year ago,......

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