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Baltic unemployment too low, experts worry

Aug 20, 2008
By TBT Staff

RIGA - Surprisingly low unemployment rates in the Baltic states have begun raising concerns among some analysts that the countries could lack the available labor force necessary for the economies to bounce back from their current low points. Despite a sharp economic slowdown in the region, unemployment rates in all three countries remain well below the European Union average of 6.8 percent in June of this year.  “We are left with the very unfortunate situation that when growth eventua ...


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