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The ministry also expects unemployment to drop to 10.4% during the upcoming fiscal year. Unemployment had dropped to 10.6% in 1Q2018, down from 11.3% in the comparable period last year, according to CAPMAS statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/05\/16\/unemployment-rate-drops-to-10-6-in-1q2018-from-11-3-a-year-before\/\">released last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government is targeting bringing down unemployment rates to reach 8.5% by FY2021-2022, according to information from the Planning Ministry picked up by Youm7. The ministry also expects unemployment to drop to 10.4% during the upcoming fiscal year. 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