STRONG EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN SERVICES
Seyfettin Gursel, Gokce Uysal and Aysenur Acar
According to the labor market statistics released by TurkStat, non-agricultural unemployment rate is 11.4 percent in the period of November 2011. Seasonally adjusted labor market data shows that non-agricultural unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points and decreased from 11.6 percent to 11.3 percent during November 2011 compared to the period of October 2011. The decrease in non-agricultural unemployment is caused mainly by a strong employment increase of 158 thousand in the service sector during the period of November.
doc. LaborOutlook2012M02
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