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Jobless total at 80,755 in February, down 5.8% year-on-year

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Almost 5,200 persons registered as newly unemployed in February, down over 50% compared to the month before, while over 7,000 were deregistered, of whom over 5,500 became employed or self-employed, show Employment Service figures released on Tuesday.

Positive trends were recorded in all age groups at the annual level and across all regions.

The continued strength of the labour market is also evident from data on job vacancies, which were down almost 16% on January to 12,050.

The latest registered unemployment data, calculated for December, shows a seasonally typical increase in the registered unemployment rate, which rose 0.2 points to 8.1%, which is almost a point lower than in December 2017.

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