{
  "id": 544263,
  "title": "Jobless numbers rise despite unemployment rate holding at 3% - DOSM",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/jobless-numbers-rise-despite-unemployment-rate-holding-at-3-dosm",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-11T06:09:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/business/126069/jobless-numbers-rise-despite-unemployment-rate-holding-at-3-dosm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "MALAYSIA’S unemployment rate held steady at 3.0 per cent in June, although the number of unemployed people rose 0.9 per cent month-on-month to 517,800, signalling a modest increase in labour market slack despite continued employment growth. The Depar...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}