Finland's unemployment rate decreased further in July to the lowest level in seven months, figures from Statistics Finland showed on Tuesday.
The jobless rate among the 15-74 age groups dropped to 9.3 percent in July from 9.9 percent in June. In the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 7.9 percent.
The number of unemployed people declined to 269,000 in July from 294,000 in the previous month.
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