Unemployment in Iceland 3.0 percent

mbl.is/Golli / Kjartan Þorbjörnsson

The total unemployment in Iceland in September was 3.0 percent according to fresh numbers from the Directorate of Labour down from 3.1 percent the month before. Total number of unemployed was 5,029 people. The forecast for October is that unemployment will slightly increase to between 3.0 to 3.3 percent.

For men the unemployment was 2.5 percent in September or the same as the month before and down from 3.2 percent in September 2013. The unemployment by women was 3.6 percent last month or down from 3.8 percent in August this year and down from 4.4 percent in September last year.

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