The employment barometer in the 4th quarter 2015 – Increase in total employment, decline in secondary sector
Neuchâtel, 26.02.2016 - (FSO) – Employment grew by 0.9% in the 4th quarter 2015 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. However, the situation is different in the various sectors, with a decline of 0.6% in the secondary sector and an increase of 1.4% in the tertiary sector. These are the initial, provisional findings of the employment statistics issued by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
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Marc Zimmermann, FSO, Economic Surveys section, +41 58 46 36493, marc.zimmermann@bfs.admin.ch
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Federal Statistical Office
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