CNP: Unemployment rate to reach 8 pct in 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Romania will report an unemployment rate of 8 percent in 2010 compared with 7.8 percent in 2009, according to the National Commission for Prognosis (CNP). Under the final version of the medium-term forecast for 2010 - 2011, Romania will record 720,000 unemployed this year. The preliminary version estimated the unemployment rate for 2010 at 8.5 percent, with 760,000 unemployed. The average net wage per month will reach 1.472 lei in 2011, representing an increase by 5.7 percent on last year. ...