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In a monthly comparison, the number of registered unemployed people edged down 0.1% in August, the official figures show.

Counterintuitively, BHAS said most of the registered unemployed in August, 129,574, were highly skilled people, followed by holders of high school diplomas (at 114,603), and only then unskilled people, (111,788).