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Singapore Q4 jobless rate rises to highest since 2010

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Reuters SINGAPORE
Last Updated : Jan 26 2017 | 8:57 AM IST

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's unemployment rate rose to 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter, its highest in six years, data from the ministry of manpower showed.

The unemployment rate rose from 2.1 percent in the third quarter.

Job redundancies rose to 5,300 the highest since the fourth quarter of 2015.

(Reporting by Fathin Ungku; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)

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First Published: Jan 26 2017 | 8:40 AM IST

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