THE NUMBER of jobless Filipinos rose by 50,000 from a month earlier to 2.26 million in September, even as the underemployment rate hit its lowest level in over 18 years, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday.
Data from the PSA showed the 4.5% unemployment rate was worse than 4.4% in August, but better than the 5% or 2.5 million jobless Filipinos a year ago, it said.
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