“It’s a shift during the government’s first year, when the labor market was still going strong despite the recession,” says labor market minister Johan Pehrson (L).
During the third quarter, unemployment was 7.8 percent, an increase from 7.5 percent in the second quarter. The employment rate decreases slightly to 69.5 percent during the third quarter.
According to the government’s forecast, unemployment may rise to 8.2 percent next year.
— The government expects the number of unemployed to increase by almost 40,000 next year, says Pehrson.
He believes that there is a risk that the numbers will drive and increase the recruitment base for serious crime.
– It could be that fewer boys get to see their parents go to work, and there is a risk that fewer low-educated and foreign-born people can get a job.