Estonia: Hope For Employment Rate to Increase

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: March 8, 2013; 19:37 ♦ (Vindobona)

Employment continued to grow at the end of 2012.

Estonia: Hope For Employment Rate to Increase / Picture: © SW Umwelttechnik

Based on the Statistical Office’s data, employment increased by 1.7 percent i.e. 10,200 employees in the 4th quarter of last year when compared to the year before. The employment increase of the 4th quarter in annual comparison continued in most fields of activity. The unemployment rate decreased to 9.3 percent and there were 15,300 less unemployed people than one year before. The…