KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s unemployment rate slipped to 4.6% in April, the lowest since October last year, on easing curbs for the economy but the impact of the MCO 3.0 and the two-week lockdown from June 1 to 14 may weigh on the recovery.
In a statement yesterday, the Statistics Department said April’s unemployment rate at 4.6% or 742, 700 unemployed persons, was an improvement from 4.7% in March.
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