(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Portugal rose to 9.1 percent
in July 2022, the highest since November 1992, according to the
Portuguese National Statistics Institute (NSI) on Wednesday,
Trend reports citing Xinhua .
The annual core inflation rate, which excludes energy and
unprocessed food products, also accelerated to 6.2 percent in
July.
On the other hand, another important economic indicator has
shown improvement: the unemployment rate fell to 5.7 percent in the
second quarter of 2022, 0.2 percentage points lower than in the
previous quarter and one percentage point lower than in the same
quarter of 2021, said the INE.
According to the INE, between April and June, the unemployed
population, estimated at 298,800 people, decreased by 3.1 percent
compared to the previous quarter, and fell by 13.6 percent compared
to the same quarter last year.
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