Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Unemployment continues to rise in Switzerland, moving from 3.4 percent in March to 3.5 percent in April, an increase of nearly 2,000 people out of work. The figure is 35.5 percent higher than in April 2007. The number of open jobs fell to 12,397, nearly 3,091 fewer than a year earlier.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 8 May 2009.
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Tags: jobs, Switzerland, unemployment
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