Labor Market Outlook: February 2016

EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION

Seyfettin Gürsel, Gökçe Uysal  and Melike Kökkızıl 

Seasonally adjusted labor market data shows that nonagricultural unemployment rate decreased from 12.6 percent to 12.4 percent (0.2 percentage points) in the period of November 2015 compared to the previous period. Both yearly and monthly data show that nonagricultural unemployment decelerated parallel to a relatively strong increase in nonagricultural employment. In this period, employment in agriculture and manufacturing decreased. However, employment increased in manufacturing and services by 34 thousand and 97 thousand respectively.

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