Unemployment at 3.8% in July

Unemployment in the Czech Republic rose to 3.8 % in July, compared to 3.6 % in both June and May. There were roughly 283, 000 unemployed people at the end of July, 10, 300 more than in the previous month. Job vacancies were fewer than jobseekers for the eighth month in a row, according to data from the Czech Labour Office. The highest unemployment rate last month was in the Ústí nad Labem Region, at 6 % , the lowest unemployment rate was recorded in the Prague and Vysočina regions, where it was just under  3 %.  Analysts put the rise in unemployment down to seasonal reasons as well as a weaker economy.