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<\/a> Unemployment falls to 10.6% in 1Q2018<\/strong>, down from 11.3% in the comparable period last year, CAPMAS announced in its quarterly report<\/a>. Overall, the labor force grew slightly by 0.1% y-o-y to 29.2 mn people in 1Q2018. Far more women than men remain unemployed: <\/strong>The unemployment rate for women was 22.0% in the quarter against 7.3% for men, stats show. Youth unemployment stood at 75.2% for the quarter. \u201cThe rate has been steadily dropping in recent months amid a program of economic reforms<\/strong>,\u201d Reuters notes<\/a>. The country\u2019s unemployment levels had dropped<\/a> to 11.8% at the end of 2017, down from 12.5% at the end of the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unemployment falls to 10.6% in 1Q2018, down from 11.3% in the comparable period last year, CAPMAS announced in its quarterly report. Overall, the labor force grew slightly by 0.1% y-o-y to 29.2 mn people in 1Q2018. 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