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<\/a> GOOD NEWS- Unemployment falls for the second quarter in a row:<\/b> Egypt\u2019s unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in 1Q2019, down from 8.9% in 4Q2018<\/a>and 10.6% in 1Q2018<\/a>, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said yesterday<\/a>. This is the second consecutive quarter the country\u2019s unemployment rate has fallen, after it ticked up marginally<\/a> to 10% in 3Q2018 from 9.9% in 2Q2018. There were 2.27 mn unemployed people at the end of the quarter, out of a 27.97 mn-strong labor force. Reuters also has the story in both their English<\/a> and Arabic<\/a> services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOOD NEWS- Unemployment falls for the second quarter in a row: Egypt\u2019s unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in 1Q2019, down from 8.9% in 4Q2018and 10.6% in 1Q2018, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said yesterday. This is the second consecutive quarter the country\u2019s unemployment rate has fallen, after it ticked up marginally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[104,72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-598170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-economy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"8ff9daf8-061a-4ced-95b0-da000e241f78","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[598164],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgypt\u2019s unemployment rate falls to 8.1% in 1Q2019 - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/05\/16\/egypts-unemployment-rate-falls-to-8-1-in-1q2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt\u2019s unemployment rate falls to 8.1% in 1Q2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GOOD NEWS- Unemployment falls for the second quarter in a row: Egypt\u2019s unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in 1Q2019, down from 8.9% in 4Q2018and 10.6% in 1Q2018, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said yesterday. 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