08/08/2008
Morocco's unemployment rate fell to 9.1% in the second quarter of the year, down from 9.4% in the same period in 2007, MAP quoted the High Commissioner for Planning (HCP) as saying on Thursday (August 7th). Urban unemployment dropped from 15% to 14%, while the rate in rural areas increased to 3.9% up from 3.4%. Some 19,000 jobs were created during the April-June period, said the same source.