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AN influx of women workers led to a drop in the jobless rate in August, the chief of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

Unemployment fell to 4.0 percent from 4.7 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively, a month and year earlier, the PSA reported on Tuesday.

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