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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
2008 2 524 1 950 2 591 67 2,6 42,6 53,4 29,7 26,6 7,1
2007 2 443 1 870 2 507 63 2,5 46,0 56,1 33,3 24,3 6,9
2006 2 362 1 825 2 446 84 3,4 62,7 72,8 27,6 18,9 6,9
2005 2 289 1 800 2 400 111 4,6 83,5 96,6 19,8 13,3 6,7
2004 2 276 1 761 2 382 106 4,5 91,6 108,5 16,9 10,7 7,1
                     
2010                    
January .. .. .. .. .. 76,7 96,7 18,5 23,0 ..
                     
2009                    
December .. .. .. .. .. 76,0 96,4 20,5 26,4 ..
November 2 494 1 859 2 578 84 3,2 75,8 95,1 18,5 23,6 ..
October 2 494 1 855 2 578 85 3,3 75,6 94,5 18,3 24,0 ..
September 2 491 1 870 2 574 83 3,2 72,8 91,7 22,4 24,1 7,7
August 2 492 1 874 2 574 81 3,2 73,1 90,3 20,9 24,0 7,7
July 2 506 1 891 2 585 79 3,1 72,0 89,2 15,9 24,1 7,7
                     
June 2 514 1 905 2 591 77 3,0 71,5 87,3 26,2 24,0 7,1
May 2 515 1 920 2 596 81 3,1 71,3 86,1 20,4 23,5 7,1
April 2 514 1 917 2 594 80 3,1 70,7 84,3 16,5 23,9 7,1
March 2 512 1 912 2 594 82 3,2 67,3 80,0 35,8 23,4 7,7
February 2 514 1 886 2 593 79 3,0 64,4 75,8 23,1 23,4 7,7
January 2 518 1 888 2 596 78 3,0 59,1 71,3 20,8 22,5 7,7
                     
2008                    
December 2 523 1 913 2 596 74 2,8 54,3 65,9 21,7 26,6 7,0
November 2 520 1 952 2 595 75 2,9 50,4 61,8 24,0 24,7 7,0
October 2 521 1 957 2 592 72 2,8 46,3 57,8 23,0 24,9 7,0
September 2 523 1 975 2 589 66 2,6 43,5 55,1 31,4 26,5 7,0
August 2 525 1 962 2 586 61 2,4 41,7 52,4 26,2 26,5 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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