Unemployment Has Exceeded the Five Percent Mark. 58,000 More People Are Unemployed in a Year

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The number of unemployed people has been increasing for the seventh month in a row. At the end of January, there were 378,547, which is the highest number since February 2017. Compared to December, there were 24.2 thousand more, and compared to the same period last year, there were over 58 thousand more. The unemployment rate reached 5.13 percent. It was last at a similar level in February 2017.

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The unemployment rate in the Czech Republic rose by 0.3 percentage points month-on-month to 5.1% in January. The number of registered job seekers increased by 24,233 compared to December and by 58,031 compared to the same month last year to 378,547. The Czech Statistical Office reported this on its website on Monday.

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Unemployment in the Czech Republic rose by 0.3 percentage points month-on-month to 5.1 percent in January. The increase was due to the annual seasonal increase and the increase in unemployment benefits in the first months, which has been in effect since January, the Czech Labor Office said. Analysts also mention the impact of the flexi-novela of the Labor Code and the outflow of workers from industry. According to them, unemployment has been gro…

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Prague - The Czech Labor Office will publish information on the January unemployment rate today. Analysts expect that due to seasonal factors, the unemployment rate has increased from 4.8 percent in December to 5 percent. This would represent an increase of 0.7 percentage points compared to January last year.