THE national unemployment rate has improved - with labour force officials revealing on Friday a decrease to 9.5 percent.

This is down 1.2 percent from the 10.7 percent of November 2018. According to senior statistician Cypreanna Winters, private sector employees drove employment gains.

At the time of the survey, the rate in New Providence was 9.4 percent and Grand Bahama was 10.9 percent.

Both islands showed unemployment decreases down from the previous 11 percent and 11.9 percent respectively.

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