Sweden's jobless rate decreased in February to the lowest level in three months, figures from Statistics Sweden showed on Friday.
The unadjusted unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent in February from 10.4 percent in January, which was the highest jobless rate since June 2021.
In the same month last year, the jobless rate was 8.5 percent.
The number of unemployed decreased to 533,000 persons in February from 592,000 persons in January.
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