Tuesday April 28, 08:36 AM
Finnish unemployment rate rises to 8.3 pct
HELSINKI (AFP) - Finland's unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent of the labour force in March from 7.6 percent a month earlier, the national statistics agency said Tuesday.
A year earlier the jobless rate for March was 6.8 percent, Statistics Finland said in a statement, noting that the number of people out of work last month rose by 42,000 year-on-year to 222,000.
Seasonally adjusted, Finland's unemployment rate increased to 7.6 percent compared to 7.1 percent a month earlier.
Some 2.5 million Finns out of a population of 5.3 million had a job last month, down by 1.1 percent from March 2008, the agency said.
The figure for unemployment among people aged 15 to 24 rose last month to 17.5 percent up from 16.3 percent in February.
The global financial crisis has since late last year decreased the demand for Finnish products, which has been reflected in massive layoffs and fewer available jobs.
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