SWS: Fewer Filipinos unemployed in Q4 2019

By The Manila Times

Feb 04, 2020 4:00 pm

FEWER Filipinos were unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the latest survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released on Tuesday.

The poll from December 13 to 16 among 1,200 respondents nationwide showed the unemployment rate at 17.5 percent, which translates to 7.9 million jobless adult Filipinos.

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