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Finland's unemployment rate edged down to 6.2 percent in October 2019 from 6.3 percent in the same month of the previous year. The number of unemployed persons declined by 2 thousand to 169 thousand while the number of employed rose by 22 thousand to 2.56 million. The activity rate went up to 66.0 percent in October from 65.6 a year earlier, and the employment rate increased to 72.0 percent from 71.5 percent. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24 stood at 14.9 percent in October, almost unchanged from the preceding year.

Finland's unemployment rate dropped to 5.9 percent in September 2019 from 6.3 percent in the same month of the previous year. The number of unemployed persons declined by 9 thousand to 161 thousand while the number of employed rose by 40 thousand to 2.60 million. The activity rate rose to 66.2 percent in September from 65.5 a year earlier, and the employment rate went up to 72.7 percent from 71.4 percent. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24 stood at 14.3 percent in September, almost unchanged from the preceding year.

Finland's unemployment rate dropped to 6.1 percent in August 2019 from 6.8 percent in the same month the previous year. The number of unemployed persons declined by 16 thousand to 170 thousand while the number of employed rose by 32 thousand to 2.60 million. The activity rate edged up to 67.1 percent in August from 66.8 a year earlier, and the employment rate went up to 73.5 percent from 72.6 percent. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24 increased to 14 percent in August from 13.6 percent the prior year.

Finland's unemployment rate dropped to 6.0 percent in July 2019 from 6.5 percent in the same month the previous year. It is the lowest jobless rate since November of 2008, as the number of unemployed persons declined by 14 thousand to 169 thousand while the number of employed edged down by 3 thousand to 2.63 million. The activity rate slipped to 67.8 percent in July from 68.3 a year earlier, while the employment rate edged higher to 74.5 percent from 74.1 percent. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24 fell to 9.3 percent in July from 9.4 percent the prior year, the lowest since December of 2018.

Finland's unemployment rate dropped to 6.2 percent in June 2019 from 6.7 percent in the same month the previous year, as the number of unemployed persons declined by 16 thousand to 176 thousand while the number of employed edged up by 1 thousand to 2.67 million. The activity rate slipped to 69.1 percent in June from 69.5 a year earlier, while the employment rate edged higher to 75.7 percent from 75.5 percent. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24 increased to 15.2 percent in June from 14 percent the prior year.

Finland's unemployment rate dropped to 8.8 percent in May 2019 from 9.3 percent in the same month the previous year, as the number of unemployed persons declined by 12 thousand to 249 thousand while the number of employed increased by 32 thousand to 2.59 million. The activity rate rose to 68.7 percent in May from 68.3 a year earlier and the employment rate went up to 73.1 percent from 72.3 percent. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24 increased to 29.4 percent in May from 28.4 percent in the prior year.