Israel jobless rate unchanged at 4.7 percent in July

Reuters

Published Aug 22, 2016 06:44AM ET

Israel jobless rate unchanged at 4.7 percent in July

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in July, unchanged from June, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.

The number of employed rose 0.5 percent to 3.756million, with 61.3 percent of those aged 15 and over having jobs, up from 61.1 percent in June. Full-time employment rose 1.2 percent from June, while part-time employment slipped 0.4 percent last month.

The participation rate in the labor force of those 15 and older was 64.4 percent in July, up from 64.2 percent in June. Israel's economy is forecast to grow 2.4 percent in 2016.