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Article: 3.88 M Filipinos are out of work - NSO.(Metro & National News)
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- December 16, 2004
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MANILA - The Philippines unemployment rate inched up to 10.9 percent in October from a year ago as more people failed to find work due to a moribund economy, the government said yesterday.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) said a total of 3.88 million Filipinos were jobless in October, compared to 3.56 million in the same period last year.
In October 2003, the unemployment rate was 10.2 percent.
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