Hungary jobless rate edges down to 3.3 pc

Hungary's three-month rolling average jobless rate reached 3.3 percent in April-June, edging down from 3.4 percent in the previous three-month period and down from 3.6 percent twelve months earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Monday. The rate covers unemployment among those between the ages of 15 and 74. In absolute terms, there were 155,500 unemployed, 4,900 fewer than in the previous period and down 9,700 from a year earlier, KSH said.