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Unemployment rate in July falls to 5.7%
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Unemployment rate in July falls to 5.7%

SAPO Notícias31 August 2026 at 11:22

The unemployment rate stood at 5.7% in July, remaining the same as the value recorded in June. This data represents a decrease of 0.1 percentage points compared to the same month the previous year.

The data is provisional and was released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The INE is the body responsible for producing official statistics in Portugal.

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