Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Finland's Jobless Rate Falls to 16-Year Low in March Led by Private Sector

(Bloomberg) -- Finland's jobless rate fell to 7.7 percent in March, the lowest for that month in 16 years, led by increased private sector employment.

The unemployment rate fell from 8.1 percent in the same month last year and increased from 7.5 percent in February, Helsinki- based Statistics Finland said on its Web site today. The median forecast for the rate was 7.5 percent, according to the five economists surveyed by Bloomberg.


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