The unemployment rate in Taiwan increased slightly in August to the highest level in four months, the Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics reported Monday.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate came in at 3.35 percent in August versus 3.33 percent in July. In the same period last year, the rate was 3.38 percent.
There were 403,000 unemployed people in August compared to 400,000 in the preceding month.
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