Sweden's jobless rate increased for the fourth straight month in March to the highest level in nearly a year, figures from Statistics Sweden showed on Wednesday.
The unadjusted unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent in March from 8.8 percent in February. Moreover, a similar inflation rate was last seen in May 2025.
In the same month last year, the jobless rate was 8.5 percent.
There were 564,900 unemployed people in March, up from 507,100 in the previous month.
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