The Labour Force Survey, issued by Statistics Finland, indicated that nearly 187,000 Finns were jobless in September. The figure marks an increase of 0.2% (or 7,000 additional unemployed persons) from the same month in 2011. However, the total number of employed Finns this year was 10,000 higher than last year and September’s figure marks a noticeable drop from the 7.3 % unemployment rate recorded in August.
English: http://www.icenews.is/2012/11/01/unemployment-rate-increases-to-7-1-per-cent-in-finland/
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