The unemployment rate decreased in the Azores 0,2 percentage points between this year’s first and second term, being, in June, in 5,4 percent, according to the National Statistics Institute.
The data of the INE, published today, indicate that in the end of the first semester the unemployment rate in the Region was situated 1,9 points below the medium national rate, of 7,3 percent.
The Azores were detaining the second best unemployment rate of the Country, next to the Centre Region - 5,2 percent.