Unemployment hits decade-low


- S.S.KANESAN/THE STAR

PETALING JAYA: The unemployment rate in December 2024 edged down by 0.1 percentage point to 3.1% – the lowest in nearly a decade.

In a statement, the Statistics Department reported that the number of unemployed persons declined further in December, by 0.4% to 544,300.

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