Jobseekers gather at a job fair held inside a mall in Sta. Mesa in Manila. | INQUIRER File Photo / NINO JESUS ORBETA MANILA, Philippines — Unemployed Filipinos inched up to 2.59 million in
Jobseekers gather at a job fair held inside a mall in Sta. Mesa in Manila. | INQUIRER File Photo / NINO JESUS ORBETA
MANILA, Philippines — Unemployed Filipinos inched up to 2.59 million in June from 2.50 million in May, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday.
This translated to an unemployment rate of 4.9 percent, slightly higher than the 4.8 percent recorded in May.
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