Labor Market Outlook: March 2012

DECREASE IN NON-AGRICULTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT HAS CONTINUED

Seyfettin Gursel, Gokce Uysal and Aysenur Acar

According to the labor market statistics released by TurkStat, non-agricultural unemployment rate is 12 percent in the period of December 2011. Seasonally adjusted labor market data shows that non-agricultural unemployment rate decreased to 11.2 percent. According to the seasonally adjusted data, the correction that we had been expecting in construction continues and agricultural employment decreased by 107 thousand during December 2011.

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