Turkey Jobless Rate Falls In February
Turkey’s unemployment rate dropped moderately in February, the Household Labor Force Survey results from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed Monday.
The jobless rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 8.7 percent in February from 9.0 percent in the previous month.
At the same time, the employment rate posted 49.3 percent, up from 49.1 percent a month ago.
The number of unemployed declined 109,000 from the previous month to 3.08 million in February.
The youth unemployment rate in the 15-24 age group came in at 15.6 percent, down from 16.4 percent in the previous month.
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