This figure is 23% among workers who have no more than high school qualifications, but higher education graduates are even less optimistic, as 26% of them see an increasing chance of dismissal.

Some 22-23% of employees in the 18-51 age group expect unemployment to rise, while 27% of those aged 51-65 share the same fear.

Among the unemployed, 33% believe that unemployment will rise. Students were optimistic, as only 9% of them forecast more dismissals.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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