Hungary jobless rate stable at 3.4 pc

Hungary's three-month rolling average jobless rate reached 3.4 percent in June-August, unchanged from the previous three-month period and down from 3.7 percent twelve months earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday. The rate covers unemployment among those between the ages of 15 and 74. In absolute terms, there were 156,900 unemployed, 1,000 fewer than in the previous period and down 16,200 from a year earlier.