TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) - The unemployment rate came in at 3.94 pct in February,
up from 3.80 pct in January and up from 3.78 pct during the same month a year
earlier, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS)
said.
In the first two months of the year, unemployment averaged 3.87 pct, up from
3.79 pct in the year-earlier period, it said.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the February unemployment rate came in at
3.95 pct, unchanged from the previous month but up from 3.88 pct a year earlier,
it added.
adela.lin@afxasia.com
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