Russie: Unemployment, relation to inflation, causes, breakdown of types

As you can see in the graph above, Russia's unemploymnet rate reached an all time high in February of 1999. Interestingly, in the post-communism Russia, Russian officials reported a 2.5 % unemployment in April of 1999 when the "real" rate was at 14.2%. Even this 14.2 % much lower than the actual rate. There were estimated 7.9 million workers who were seeking jobs but were unaccounted for. The true unemployment rate is guesstimated at 25%. The goskomat or Russian state statistics unit acknowledged a 1.4% temporary unemployment rate.

In relation to inflation, in 1999 there was a brief period of increased inflation parallel to the high unemployment rates. 

According to Tatyana Homyakova, the Deputy Director of the Centre for Strategic research at the Academy of National Economy, causes of unemployment include the global economic crisis and structural adjustments in certain industries.She also comments that "Russians just don’t seem to bother that much about unemployment. In the US it was on the news all the time, while Russians were mostly worried about losing their own job. Many people that I’ve talked to mentioned the possibility of finding some small job that they would be able to do, so it’s all up to individual."

Additionally, there are extreme differences in unemployment rates by region. Currently 2% in moscow and 40% in the south of Russia due to different industries.

http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/25547106/35411411.html

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/russia/unemployment-rate

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