Hungary jobless rate reaches 3.6 pc

Hungary's three-month rolling average jobless rate reached 3.6 percent in January-March, unchanged from the previous three-month period and edging down from 3.9 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 165,700 unemployed, 2,500 fewer than in the previous period and down 12,200 from a year earlier.