Poland unemployment rate edges up to 6.0 pc in May - labour ministry

Poland's unemployment rate went up by 0.2 percentage points month-on-month to 6.0 percent at the end of May, according to an estimate from the Labour Ministry. The number of jobless increased to 1.012 million in May, by some 46,000 or 4.5 percent as compared with April, the ministry said. The estimate is slightly below the PAP consensus survey, which pointed to a 6.2 percent unemployment rate at the end of May.