THE country's unemployment rate will likely continue to remain at the 4 percent level in the coming months, an economist said on Friday.

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. chief economist Michael Ricafort said so far, economic indicators as well as better corporate sales and earnings "still support decent employment data." The Philippine Statistics Authority is scheduled to release the February 2024 labor force data next week.

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