Bulgaria's jobless rate increases 0.3 pp m/m to 5.6% at end-Oct

Compared to a year earlier, the unemployment rate was 0.3 pp lower at the end of October, the government agency said in a statement.

There were 35,697 unemployed people newly-registered with labour offices countrywide during the month. The number of people who found a job in October totalled 17,562.

There were 14,410 registered job vacancies in October. Most of the vacancies were registered in the manufacturing sector - 30.3% of the total.