ZAGREB, April 8 (Hina) - A total of 415,352 people were registered as unemployed with the Croatian Employment Institute at the end of March, an increase of 0.2 percent as against February and of 6.8 percent as against the year
before.
ZAGREB, April 8 (Hina) - A total of 415,352 people were registered
as unemployed with the Croatian Employment Institute at the end of
March, an increase of 0.2 percent as against February and of 6.8
percent as against the year before. #L#
The number of people employed in March also grew in comparison to
February 2002 and March 2001. Employers reported 50 percent more
open jobs than in February 2002 and 100 percent more than in March
2001.
The number of people who reported to the Employment Institute
looking for a job in March was 21,575, 8.2 percent less than in
February 2002 and 5.2 percent more than in March 2001.
In March 13,223 people were employed, an increase of 22 percent as
against the month before and of 9.3 percent as against March 2001.
The February unemployment rate was 23.8 percent.
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