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  • Unemployment Level Drops To 6.7%

    UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL DROPS TO 6.7 PERCENT

    ARMENPRESS
    March 18, 2008

    YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS: Unemployment level in Armenia dropped
    15 percent by March 1, 2008 or by 15,600 people.

    The Employment Service, an affiliation of the Labor and Social Affairs
    Ministry, said officially there were 87,000 jobless Armenians and
    almost 84 percent of them were granted the status of unemployed,
    but only 15,000 were legible to unemployment allowance.

    The Employment Service said the share of jobless women was high. They
    made almost 75 percent of all jobless people. The jobless were
    largely school teachers, technicians, engineers, hospital nurses
    and accountants.

    The unemployment level, according to official figures is 6.7 percent
    now. The highest rate is in the northwestern province of Shirak-15.5
    percent, followed by Syunik-14.7 percent and Lori-12.2 percent. The
    lowest is in Vayots Dzor-5.9 percent.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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