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Unemployment Falls 12 July 2004 At the end of June unemployment fell by 49 bringing the jobless total down 315,
an unemployment rate of 0.9% of the economically active population.
During the month 129 claimants signed on the register and 178 signed off. Of the
total unemployed, 226 are males and 89 are females. These figures include 31
persons who require work permits and
29 who were signing on for National Insurance credits only.
There was a sizeable increase, some seasonal, in the number of vacancies
notified to the Job Centre during June and at the end of the month 788 jobs were
held on file, the highest figure since August 2001. More stories >>>
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