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<title>Unemployment rate 8.8 per cent in April</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in April 2013 was 239,000, which was 13,000 higher than one year ago. The unemployment rate was 8.8 per cent, having been 8.4 per cent in April of the year before. The number of employed persons was unchanged from April of the previous year.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unemployment rate 9.0 per cent in March</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in March 2013 was 236,000, which was 9,000 higher than one year ago. The unemployment rate was 9.0 per cent, having been 8.5 per cent in March of the year before. There were 41,000 fewer employed persons than in March of the previous year. The unemployment rate in the first quarter (January to March) was 8.8 per cent, which was 0.8 percentage points higher than in the respective quarter of 2012.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unemployment rate 8.7 per cent in February</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in February 2013 was 231,000, which was 27,000 higher than one year ago. The unemployment rate was 8.7 per cent, having been 7.7 per cent in February of the year before. There were 26,000 fewer employed persons than in February of the previous year.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Employment improved in 2012</title>
<link>http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2012/13/tyti_2012_13_2013-03-05_tie_001_en.html</link>
<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the growth in employment slowed down in 2012. In turn, the unemployment situation remained nearly the same as in the previous year. The number of new employment contracts of under one year's duration went down slightly. These data derive from the annual review Employment and Unemployment in 2012 of Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unemployment rate 8.7 per cent in January</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in January 2013 was 228,000, which was 25,000 higher than one year ago. The unemployment rate was 8.7 per cent, having been 7.8 per cent in January of the year before. There were 6,000 fewer employed persons than in January of the previous year.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unemployment rate 6.9 per cent in December</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in December 2012 was 180,000, which was 12,000 lower than one year ago. The unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent, having been 7.4 per cent in December of the year before. The amount of employed persons was nearly the same as in December 2011. The unemployment rate in the fourth quarter (October to December) was 7.0 per cent, which was 0.2 percentage points higher than in the respective quarter of 2011. In 2012, the employment rate was 7.7 per cent, having been 7.8 per cent in 2011.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unemployment rate 7.3 per cent in November</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in November 2012 was 193,000, which was 26,000 higher than one year ago. The unemployment rate was 7.3 per cent, having been 6.2 per cent in November of the year before. The number of employed persons was 2,463,000, which was 37,000 lower than in November 2011.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unemployment rate 6.9 per cent in October</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in October 2012 was 183,000, which is nearly the same as one year ago. The unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent, having been 7.0 per cent in October of the year before. There were 9,000 more employed persons than in October of the previous year.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Youth unemployment rate 20 per cent in 2011</title>
<link>http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2011/15/tyti_2011_15_2012-11-06_tie_001_en.html</link>
<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, from 1995 onwards the number of employed persons went up almost continuously up to the year 2008. Towards the end of 2008, employment started to decline and in 2011, the annual average number of employed persons was 57,000 lower than in 2008. Employment situation improved among young people in 2011 but is still clearly worse than prior to the downturn that started in 2008.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unemployment rate 7.1 per cent in September</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finlands Labour Force Survey, the number of unemployed persons in September 2012 was 187,000, which was 7,000 higher than one year ago. The unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent, having been 6.9 per cent in September of the year before. There were 10,000 more employed persons than in September of the previous year. The unemployment rate in the third quarter (July to September) was 7.1 per cent, which was 0.3 percentage points higher than in the respective period of 2011.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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