March will bring a new wave of cuts

Karera29-12-2008 March will bring a new wave of reductions in a few days left before the start of the new 2009. Russians with great hope about the future, hoping that in January the labor market situation will change dramatically for the better. However, the experts, by contrast, predict a new wave of mass layoffs. According to Health Ministry forecasts the number of unemployed in Russia in 2009 reached 2,1-2,2 million people, said Minister of Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova. "To date we have not gone beyond that volume, which predicted the formation of the 2008 budget - 1.6 million people," - said Golikov. She recalled that the current number of unemployed registered at employment offices is 1,454,000 people. According to the data, which led Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, the number of officially registered unemployed is 1 million 454 thousand people, up 4% over the previous week. The Vice Premier said that since the beginning of October and is currently laid off about 53 thousand people.