(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The total joblessness figures soared to 2.51 million after an 80,000 increase in the three months to July, yet new figures from the third quarter, to be officially published this week, are expected to show another 90,000 rise that would shoot the overall to 2.6 million.
Out of the 80,000 unemployment rise in the second quarter, 77,000 were between 18 and 24 years old and the estimated third quarter figure will further raise the youth joblessness total from 973,000 to well over a million.
Howard Archer of consultancy IHS Global Insight, who made the estimates, said number of the people out of work, would be a record unbeaten in 17 years.
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