Philippine jobless rate eases to 3.9% in August

MANILA, Philippines — The number of unemployed Filipinos declined to 2.03 million in August, from 2.59 million in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Wednesday. This represents a jobless rate of 3.9 percent, down from 5.3 percent in the previous month.

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