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Economic indicators for Norway

Labour market. 1000 persons and per cent. Seasonally adjusted
  Labour force survey1 Labour and Welfare Organisation Sickness absence
Employed Man-weeks worked (of 37.5 hours Labour force Unem-
ployed2
Unem-
ployment. Per cent of labour force
Regis-
tered unem-
ployed
Regis-
tered unem-
ployed and partici-
pants in measures
New vacancies regis-
tered
Total numbers of vacancies Sickness absence rate3
2011 2 543 1 942 2 629 86 3,3 69,4 84,4 20,6 26,7 6,7
2010 2 508 1 897 2 602 94 3,6 74,6 91,3 19,6 24,3 6,8
2009 2 508 1 884 2 590 82 3,2 69,3 86,9 21,6 23,8 7,5
2008 2 524 1 951 2 591 67 2,6 42,5 53,4 29,7 26,6 7,0
2007 2 443 1 870 2 507 63 2,5 46,0 56,1 33,3 24,3 6,9
                     
2012                    
April .. .. .. .. .. 64,7 81,8 16,4 .. ..
March .. .. .. .. .. 64,6 82,1 20,4 .. ..
February 2 584 1 971 2 669 85 3,2 64,9 83,2 19,5 .. ..
January 2 578 1 976 2 666 87 3,3 64,7 82,2 22,4 .. ..
                     
2011                    
December 2 569 1 975 2 657 89 3,3 67,8 83,5 18,7 27,0 6,5
November 2 561 1 975 2 651 90 3,4 66,9 83,4 23,4 27,7 6,5
October 2 560 1 981 2 650 90 3,4 67,9 84,8 19,3 26,8 6,5
September 2 557 1 951 2 644 87 3,3 68,2 84,9 18,2 26,6 6,6
August 2 555 1 930 2 639 85 3,2 68,6 85,3 20,3 26,6 6,6
July 2 539 1 903 2 624 84 3,2 68,7 84,5 19,3 27,2 6,6
                     
June 2 536 1 931 2 623 87 3,3 68,5 84,6 15,0 26,4 6,5
May 2 532 1 942 2 618 86 3,3 68,8 83,9 28,1 28,1 6,5
April 2 538 1 939 2 626 88 3,4 69,5 83,9 18,1 28,7 6,5
March 2 533 1 935 2 619 86 3,3 70,5 85,7 24,8 24,5 7,3
February 2 525 1 922 2 608 83 3,2 72,2 80,2 20,3 25,8 7,3
January 2 519 1 911 2 607 88 3,4 73,4 87,8 20,6 25,5 7,3
                     
2010                    
December 2 518 1 901 2 609 91 3,5 74,9 88,2 19,9 26,0 7,0
November 2 515 1 901 2 611 95 3,7 75,9 88,0 18,8 24,8 7,0
1  Three-month moving average. Figures for february, may, august and november makes the average for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter.
2  As from 2006 the LFS was revised, resulting insome breaks in the series.
3  Self-certified absence and sickness absence man-days certified by a doctor, quarterly data. Not seasonally adjusted.
Source: Statistics Norway and the Directorate of Labour.

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