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Luxembourg Jobless Rate Steady For Second Month

Luxembourg's unemployment rate held steady for the second straight month in August, figures from the statistical office STATEC showed Thursday.

The seasonally adjusted jobless rate came in at 5.5 percent in August, the same rate as in the previous two months.

In the corresponding month last year, the jobless rate was 5.9 percent.

The number of unemployed people totaled 15,474 in August, down from 15,496 in the prior month. A year ago, it was 16,308.

The number of available resident job-seekers registered with ADEM stood at 14,936 in August.

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