Unemployment up but consumers still spending
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
25.02.2013 10:57
Poland's official statistical service has confirmed that Poland's unemployment rate rose from 13.4 in December to 14.2 percent in January.
The figures tally with an earlier estimate by the labour Ministry that the jobless rate rose sharply at the turn of the year.
According to the Central Statistical Office (GUS) 2,295,770 people registered at job centres in January.
In other data, retail sales rose by 3.1 percent, year-on-year, in January, which was higher than most analysts expected. (pg)
source: PAP