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Latvia posts EU's smallest increase in employment in Q2
BC, Riga, 14.12.2017.
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Print versionDuring the 2nd quarter of 2017, Latvia recorded the smallest annual increase in employment among the European Union’s member states, writes LETA, according to the latest Eurostat data.
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The number of employed people against Latvia’s entire population increase
by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2017.
Lithuania was the only EU member which recorded a drop in employment - by
0.8%.
In other EU member states employment grew in the second quarter of 2017.
The steepest increases were recorded in Romania (+5.3%), Malta (+4.9%), Cyprus
(+3.5%), as well as Croatia (+3.3%).
In Estonia, employment rose 2.6% year-on-year in the second quarter.
Across the EU, employment increased 1.8% in the second quarter when compared
to the same period last year, and the eurozone saw a 1.7% increase.
Compared to the first quarter of 2017, employment edged up 0.3% in the EU
and 0.4% in the eurozone.
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