Financial News: Finland Jobless Rate Falls Slightly To 10%

Finland Jobless Rate Falls Slightly To 10%

05/22/2025 - 09:50:00 (RTTNews)

(RTTNews) - Finland's unemployment rate decreased marginally in April after rising to 10-month high in the previous month, figures from Statistics Finland showed on Thursday.

The jobless rate among the 15-74 age groups dropped to 10.0 percent in April from 10.1 percent in March. In the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 9.2 percent.

The number of unemployed people was 288,000 versus 285,000 in the previous month.

The youth unemployment rate, which is for people aged 15 to 24, climbed to 27.2 percent in April from 25.3 percent in the previous month.

The unemployment rate trend for the 15-74 age groups was 9.2 percent in April.

Data showed that the employment rate came in at 62.2 percent, up from 61.1 percent in March.

For comments and feedback: contact editorial@rttnews.com

Market News provided by RTTNews

RECENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Treasury Announces Details Of Two-Year, Five-Year & Seven-Year Note Auctions (05 hr(s), 42 min(s), 43 sec(s) ago)
(RTTNews) - The Treasury Department on Thursday announced the details of this month's auctions ...Full Story»

U.S. Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly See Further Downside In April (06 hr(s), 16 min(s), 43 sec(s) ago)
(RTTNews) - Existing home sales in the U.S. unexpectedly saw further downside in the month of Apri ...Full Story»

Belgium Business Confidence Less Negative In May (06 hr(s), 40 min(s), 43 sec(s) ago)
(RTTNews) - Belgium's business confidence increased slightly in May as the morale improved s ...Full Story»

Finland Jobless Rate Falls Slightly To 10% (07 hr(s), 08 min(s), 43 sec(s) ago)
(RTTNews) - Finland's unemployment rate decreased marginally in April after rising to 10-month ...Full Story»

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Edge Down To 227,000 (07 hr(s), 12 min(s), 43 sec(s) ago)
(RTTNews) - A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday unexpectedly showed a slight dec ...Full Story»

Slovenia Consumer Confidence Highest In 9 Months (07 hr(s), 54 min(s), 43 sec(s) ago)
(RTTNews) - Confidence among the Slovenian households increased in April to the strongest level si ...Full Story»

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Edge Slightly Lower (08 hr(s), 20 min(s), 43 sec(s) ago)
(RTTNews) - A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday unexpectedly showed a slight dec ...Full Story»

Ireland Wholesale Prices Fall 3.6% In April (08 hr(s), 28 min(s), 43 sec(s) ago)
(RTTNews) - Ireland's wholesale prices decreased for the third straight month in April, data ...Full Story»