Rosstat: unemployment remains at 4.9% in June

The unemployment rate in Russia equaled 4.9% in June, remaining flat against May, data of the Federal Statistics Service showed. As a whole, joblessness equaled 5% in 2Q.

24 July 2014

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The economically active population amounted to 75.6 mln in June (around 53% of the aggregate population of Russia). Also, 71.9 mln of this number were classified as employed and 3.7 mln as unemployed (under the ILO methodology).

Source: IA "banki.ru"