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Unemployment climbs again as Finland's economic recovery fails to affect jobs market

There were a total of 298,000 unemployed people in Finland last month, an increase of more than 10 percent on the same period last year.

  • Finland's unemployment rises to 10.5% in September, up from 10.1% in August.
  • Significant increase of 39,000 jobless people compared to same period last year.
  • Unemployment rate for men at 10.9%, 1.4 percentage points higher than a year ago.

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