ZAGREB, Jan 13 (Hina) - Unemployment in December 2002 dropped by one percent in relation to November 2002 and 7.3% compared to December 2001, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (HZZ) stated on Monday.
ZAGREB, Jan 13 (Hina) - Unemployment in December 2002 dropped by one
percent in relation to November 2002 and 7.3% compared to December
2001, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (HZZ) stated on Monday.
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A total of 366,162 unemployed persons were registered with the
Bureau in late December, which is 3,525 persons less than in
November the same year and 28,979 persons less than in December the
year before.
A total of 147,460 persons registered with the HZZ found employment
in 2002, an increase of 12.3% compared to 2001.
Compared to previous years, unemployment has been decreasing
continually since last September. Last year the unemployment
growth rate stood at 2.5%, which is the lowest figure in the last
seven years, HZZ director Sanja Crnkovic Pozaic told reporters in
Zagreb.
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