Foreign-Born Workers Help Push Down Swedish Unemployment Rate
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The LocalForeign-born workers help push down Swedish unemployment rate
Unemployment in Sweden is falling slowly, with the biggest decline recorded among foreign-born residents, according to monthly figures from the Public Employment Service.
Unemployment is falling slowly. Unemployment is falling the most among those born abroad, according to monthly statistics from the Swedish Public Employment Service.
At the end of August, just over 349,000 people, 6.5 percent of the workforce, were registered as unemployed at one of the country's employment agencies, according to monthly statistics from the Swedish Public Employment Service (AF).
Unemployment is falling slowly. Unemployment is falling the most among those born abroad, according to monthly statistics from the Swedish Public Employment Service. The gap in unemployment between native and foreign-born people is still large, 4.2 and 13.4 percent respectively. But it is decreasing. In one year, the number of unemployed among those born abroad has decreased by 18,000 people to 179,000 at the end of August. The number of unemplo…
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