Poland's jobless rate inches down in July

Poland's unemployment rate inched down to 17.9 percent in July from 18 percent the month before, the government's statistics office said Tuesday.

The Central Statistical Office said some 2.8 million people were unemployed in July, or some 18,000 less than in June, in this nation of 38 million. It was still the largest jobless figure among the 10 mostly former communist countries that joined the European Union in May 2004.

The jobless rate hit a post-communist peak of 20.7 percent in February 2003 and is expected to dip below 17 percent this year.

(Source: AP)

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