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TOP NEWS | Wednesday, 05 August 2009

Pre-Budget document out today

Focus on jobs as unemployment rises

Karl Stagno-Navarra

Finance Minister Tonio Fenech will today publish the widely expected Pre-Budget document for 2010, paving the way for a nationwide discussion on the state of the Maltese economy.
With most economic sectors reporting difficult times, government is faced by figures published yesterday by the NSO that reveal for the first time in many years that unemployment has also grown during the summer. >>


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