The increase in official unemployment recorded in 64 regions of the Russian Federation

The Ministry of labour and social protection (mintrud) of the Russian Federation presented the latest data on the number of officially registered unemployed in Russia.

During the reporting period from 30 October to 6 November 2019 — the increase in the index in 64 Russian regions, including the republics of Kalmykia, Crimea, Mari El, North Ossetia — Alania, the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Khanty-Mansi, Chukotka Autonomous district, Astrakhan, Kurgan, Chelyabinsk regions.

And in General across the country the Ministry of labor recorded the rise in official unemployment fell 0.5% to 647,68 thousand.

This indicates the Department, on November 6, 2019 the registered unemployment rate on average in Russia amounted to 0.9% of the economically active population and the number of vacancies declared by employers to the employment service, amounted to 1.63 million units.

Recall also that, according to Rosstat estimates, the General unemployment rate in Russia rose in September 2019 to 4.5% after 4.3% in the previous month. The August index renewed its historical minimum (in the history of observations in Russia since 1991). The previous absolute low unemployment (4.4 per cent) was recorded in June of this year.

The total number of unemployed in the country amounted at the end of September 3,371 million people, a figure increased by 113 thousand people with data at the end of August.

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