DUBLIN: Unemployment levels in bailed-out eurozone member Ireland dropped last month to the lowest level since April 2010, official data showed yesterday.
“The standardised unemployment rate (SUR) in September 2013 was 13.3 percent, down from 13.4 percent in August 2013,” the central Statistics Office said in a statement.“On a seasonally adjusted basis the Live Register total recorded a monthly decrease of 1,800 in September 2013, reducing the seasonally adjusted total to 414,300,” the CSO added.
This marks the 15th consecutive month of decreases in the number of people signing onto the Live Register to claim benefits.
AFP
