The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) on Thursday released information showing the unemployment rate for July was 15.4 percent down, from 16.3 percent in April.
The rate declined as 13, 500 fewer people were jobless in the three month period
Overall, Statin said, more than 200,000 Jamaicans who wanted jobs, could not find one with the highest rate of unemployment to be found among youths.
Despite the decline in unemployment from April to July, the rate is at a 13 year high.
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