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  • Armenian Unemployment Level Rises To 6.8% In January-July

    ARMENIAN UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL RISES TO 6.8% IN JANUARY-JULY

    ARKA
    Sep 1, 2009

    YEREVAN, September 1, /ARKA/. Armenia's unemployment rate in
    January-July, 2009 rose to 6.8% from 6.3% in the same time span
    of 2008, the country's National Statistical Service (NSS) told
    ARKA. It said some 101,000 people looking for jobs were registered
    by employment centers across the country-86,500 of them were jobless;
    84,700 people were registered officially as unemployed. According to
    official numbers, women again made the bulk of all jobless people-71.1%
    (60,200).

    The overall number of economically active population was 1,179,300;
    1,099,400 had jobs, the rest were unemployed. The overall number of
    jobless people entitled to unemployment allowances rose from 17,400
    in Jan.-July, 2008 to 25,000. The average amount of the allowance
    rose from 14,052 Drams to 16,875 Drams.

    According to official figures, there were 866 vacancies by the end
    of July.
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