The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released first quarter (Q1) 2016 data. The numbers shows that unemployment rose to 12.1% in Q1 2016 as against 10.4% in Q4 2015.The underemployment rate stands at 19.1%.
According to the report “the number of unemployed in the labour force, increased by
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