MOSCOW, June 5 (Reuters) - The number of people
unemployed in Russia was 1.96 million, or a record low 2.6% of
the workforce, in April, compared to 2.03 million, or 2.7% in
the previous month, the federal statistics service said on
Wednesday.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast unemployment of
2.7%.
Rosstat provided the following data:
RUSSIAN UNEMPLOYMENT Apr 24 Mar 24 Apr 23
No. unemployed (mln) 1.961 2.026 2.466
Officially registered (mln) 0.440 0.461 0.636
Jobless rate (%) 2.6 2.7 3.3
NOTE - Figures based on the methodology of the International
Labour Organisation.
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(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow)