August 19 (SeeNews) - The registered jobless rate in Bosnia's Federation edged down to 36.6% at the end of June from 36.7% a month earlier, the entity's statistical agency said.
Unemployment among women remained unchanged at 44.6% in June, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
The number of unemployed edged down 0.1% on the month to 308,443 in June.
At the same time, the number of employed people edged up 0.1% month-on-month to 533,480 in June. The active population increased by the same rate month-on-month to 841,923.
The registered unemployment rate is calculated as a ratio of the number of unemployed to the total active population.
The Federation is one of two autonomous entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Serb Republic.