Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/22
By: Pan Tzu-yu and Ko Lin
Taipei, July 22 (CNA) The jobless rate for June rose slightly because of an increase in first-time

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The unemployment rate for June rose 0.06 percentage points from a month earlier to 3.73 percent, according to DGBAS data.
The number of people out of work rose 8,000, or 1.79 percent, from a month earlier to 445,000, while the number of the employed was 11.48 million, up 0.04 percent from a month earlier.
The labor participation rate was 59.12 percent, the DGBAS said. [FULL STORY]