Israel’s unemployment soars beyond 20 percent
(Worthy News) – Israel’s unemployment figures have soared since the country enters its second nationwide lockdown, with joblessness rate climbing above 20 percent.
According to data published by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday, 1,079,500 registered as unemployed during the first half of October, of whom 832,600 are believed to have been directly affected by the coronavirus crisis and were either fired or furloughed.
The bureau reported the unemployment for the first half of October, before the government began easing the lockdown restrictions, ranged somewhere between 20.7% and 22.7%. [ Source: Ynet News (Read More…) ]
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