UNEMPLOYMENT RATE GOES UP

Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/ A labor force survey reveals that the number of unemployed was 131.6 thousand, out of them 51.8 thousand or 39.3 percent was women at the end of 2009. Unemployment rate reached 11.6 percent as of 2009, the National Statistics Commission said.
The number of unemployed who was registered at the Labour and Welfare Service Divisions in aimags and the capital city, who are actively looking for job, reached 37.1 thous at the end of March of 2010 increasing by 2,355 persons or 6.8 percent, compared with the same period of the previous year.
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