After a sharp increase in the second quarter, the number of unemployed recorded a sharp drop (-11.5%) in the third quarter of 2020: 475,900 fewer people are registered in the so-called category A, with a decline that continued in September (-0.4%), according to figures from Dares, the research and statistics department of the Ministry of Work, Employment and Inclusion. After a strong increase in the second quarter (+815,500, or +24.5%), the number of registered category A unemployed stood at 3.673 million in the third quarter, 9.5% more than one year ago.
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