Oct 10, 2014
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Economic institute GKI published a report on the economic outlook. In the first half of 2014 employment mounted by 5.5% including those employed in public workfare schemes and by about 2.5% without them.
Economic institute GKI published a report on the economic outlook. In the first half of 2014 employment mounted by 5.5% including those employed in public workfare schemes and by about 2.5% without them. The unemployment rate for May-July 2014 was 7.9%, 2.2 percentage points lower than a year earlier. However, improvements slowed down in this sphere, and they were less than usual in summer. Gross earnings grew by 3% in the first half of 2014 (by 5.7% with the exclusion of those involved in public work schemes). As net earnings increased by the same rate and the price level remained practically unchanged, real wages also were up by the same rate. From May on, however, the rate of increase in earnings dropped from 6-7% in the past few months to 4%.
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