UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED
Panorama.am
15:53 02/03/2009
According to the report provided by the "Employment State Agency",
the unemployment rate increased in Armenia by 0.2% and formed 6,5%.
The agency reports that the number of people looking for a job is
92.4 thousands, which has been increased by 6.1% compared with the
previous year. In recent 3-4 months 1521 people have been fired
because of insufficient level of production.
The situation is especially serious in Yerevan, Syuniq, Lori and Kotayq
regions. 242 people have been fired in Syuniq region, 349 in Kapan,
590 in Meghri.
Totally, there are 167000 unemployed people in Armenia.
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