Portugal jobless rate slips to 6.5% in March
Portugal's monthly unemployment rate slipped to 6.5% in March from a revised reading of 6.6% in February, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said in its flash estimate on Thursday.
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Portugal's monthly unemployment rate slipped to 6.5% in March from a revised reading of 6.6% in February, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said in its flash estimate on Thursday.
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