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Taiwan's jobless rate drops to near 15-year low

Xinhua, March 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Taiwan's unemployment dipped to 3.69 percent in February, marking the lowest level for the month in almost 15 years, the island's statistics authority said Monday.

The rate was 0.02 percentage points lower than that seen in January, according to the statistics agency.

The unemployment rate for the January-February period also hit its lowest level for the same period in almost 14 years.

New jobs for February were mainly created by the service and industry sectors, which added 94,000 and 41,000 new jobs, respectively, for the month. Endi