Hungary three-month avg jobless rate edges up to 3.8 pc in April

Hungary's three-month rolling average jobless rate was at 3.8 percent in April, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous month and 0.3 percentage point from twelve months earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Wednesday. The rate covers unemployment among those between the ages of 15 and 74. In absolute terms, there were 174,100 unemployed, 1,100 more than in the previous month and up 11,700 from a year earlier.