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Macau Latest Jobless Rate Edges Up to 1.9%
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that both the general unemployment rate (1.9%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.5%) for December 2017-February 2018 increased slightly by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (November 2017 - January 2018). Meanwhile, the underemployment rate remained unchanged at 0.4%.

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