Unemployment rate rises to 5.5 pct in August

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in August, up by 0.1 percentage points from July 2024, according to data published Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS). „By gender, the unemployment rate in men exceeded that in women by 0.7 percentage points (5.8% in men and 5.1% in women). The high unemployment […]