The unemployment rate is dropping – but in some places, there are still crisis – NRK

the Unemployment rate fell in January. It is caused by, among other things, that the number of new which was free to the NAV was at its lowest level since December 2014. However, we see an increase in the number of people that have been available for more than one year, says the ministry of labour and velferdsdirektør Sigrun Vågeng in a message.

In January, there were 88 200 unemployed with NAV, a decrease of 5 000 compared with last January. The unemployment rate is now at 3.2 per cent, down from 3.4 per cent in January last year.

” It is positive that the overall will be fewer unemployed, but we still need growth in employment, says the ministry of labour and sosialminister Anniken Hauglie.

while the unemployment rate is going down overall, so there are some places it is still pieces stuck on a high level.

- Positive with fewer unemployed total mean labor minister Anniken Hauglie (H).

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Go up in the west and north

the Unemployment rate increased the most in Finnmark in January, adjusted for normal seasonal variations. In California, which has had the greatest increase in the unemployment rate the last few years, the unemployment rate has been stable in recent months.

California still has the highest unemployment rate with 4.9 percent. 12.779 people in California are unemployed. It is just over a thousand more than it was a month ago and 158 more than it was at the same time last year. But here, also see the Nav bright spot.

– the Number of barsler about permitteringer and redundancies are far lower in January than in the last few months before the end of the year, ” says the director of Nav Rogaland, Truls Nordahl.

Nav-director Truls Nordahl sees the ray of light.

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the Government continues the fight against unemployment with short-term measures to keep the wheels in motion in the regions and industries that are struggling, ” says Hauglie.

Unemployment in Rogaland

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The lowest unemployment rate we find in Sogn and Fjordane and Oppland respectively 1.8 per cent and 2.0 per cent.

Major differences

Compared with last January there is the Sogn and Fjordane and Nord-Trøndelag had the largest decline in the unemployment rate, with respectively 24 and 19 per cent. Only four counties have more available than one year ago. Vestfold and Møre and Romsdal county has the largest increase with 8 per cent more fully available, followed by Hordaland with a 7 percent increase.

the Unemployment rate is highest in Rogaland, with 4.9 percent of the workforce, and in Aust-Agder county with 3.9 percent.

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the Unemployment rate fell or remained stable in all occupations in January. Most dropped the unemployment rate within the engineering and ict subjects, as well as for brokers and consultants. This is the first time in over three years that there is a significant decrease for the engineering and ict subjects, as is the occupational group that has had the greatest increase in the unemployment rate the last few years.

The population was 108 500 people registered as either unemployed or job-seekers who participate in measures (bruttoledigheten). There are 800 fewer than a year ago, and equivalent to 3.9 percent of the labour force, which is the same as last year.

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