Finnish unemployment rate hits 16-year low at 5.9% for July
{{date|August 21, 2007}}

[[Finland]]'s unemployment rate has continued falling steadily, as it has been doing for two years, and hit a 16-year low in July at 5.9%, it has been announced.

The announcement by the Finnish government statistics agency bettered predictions by the Finance Ministry, which had predicted a rate of 6.7% this year and 6.3% next year. The dramatic decrease is being fueled by strong economic growth in the country.

The figures come from a survey carried out for the government by Statistics Finland.

These latest figures mean that out of Finland's population of 5.3 million, 161,000 were jobless in July, compared with 179,000 at the same time last year.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/21/business/EU-FIN-ECO-Finland-Unemployment.php|title=Finland's unemployment falls to 16-year low; 5.9 percent in July|author=Associated Press|pub=International Herarld Tribune|date=August 21, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/08/21/afx4038207.html|title=Finnish July unemployment 5.9 pct vs 6.6 pct year ago|author=|pub=Forbes|date=August 21, 2007}}

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[[es:El desempleo en Finlandia cae hasta un 5,9%]]
[[fr:Le chômage tombe à 5,9 % en Finlande]] [[Category:Iain Macdonald (Wikinewsie)]]
Finland's unemployment rate has continued falling steadily, as it has been doing for two years, and hit a 16-year low in July at 5.9%, it has been announced.

The announcement by the Finnish government statistics agency bettered predictions by the Finance Ministry, which had predicted a rate of 6.7% this year and 6.3% next year. The dramatic decrease is being fueled by strong economic growth in the country.

The figures come from a survey carried out for the government by Statistics Finland.

These latest figures mean that out of Finland's population of 5.3 million, 161,000 were jobless in July, compared with 179,000 at the same time last year.

es:El desempleo en Finlandia cae hasta un 5,9%
fr:Le chômage tombe à 5,9 % en Finlande
Economy and business Finland Iain Macdonald (Wikinewsie)