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Main Israeli economic data

Report production time: 10-Jun-2008, 11:34:44

BANK OF ISRAEL - RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

MAIN ISRAELI ECONOMIC DATA

EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES

G-5: ADULT WORK SEEKERS REGISTERED BY EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

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	Work seekers at labor exchanges for adults and at bureaux for professionals (including income support)					Work seekers at labor exchanges for adults		Claims for unemployment benefit
	Total		Thereof:			(excluding income support)
	Unadjusted	Seasonally adjusted	Sent for an occupational solution¹	Immigrants	Professionals and graduates	Unadjusted	Seasonally adjusted	Unadjusted	Seasonally adjusted
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Monthly average
2004	230,370		36,013	5,595	15,445	83,886		75,359
2005	228,726		34,411	3,256	15,132	91,150		71,594
2006	216,147		31,232	2,632	14,910	87,816		69,628
2007	199,236		29,347	2,407	13,835	75,368		62,824
2008	189,275		29,128	2,419	13,150	67,991		56,107
Monthly data
Annual rate of change (year - on - year)
2004	9.2				-12.1			-14.5
2005	-0.7			-41.8	-2.0			-5.0
2006	-5.5			-19.2	-1.5			-2.7
2007	-7.8		-6.0	-8.6	-7.2	-14.2		-9.8
Percent change over equivalent period in preceding year²
Mar 08	-7.9		-0.7	5.2	-6.8	-15.6		-14.9
Apr 08								-15.8
May 08								-13.8
Month-on-month
Quarter-on-quarter
2007:4	-3.4	-3.2	2.8	-2.8	-7.0	-10.6	-7.0	-8.0	-7.5
2008:1	-1.8	-2.2	-2.2	-2.0	0.3	-1.0	-1.4	-3.7	-2.9

Note to table:

(1) Including referral to retraining courses

(2) Based on unadjusted cumulative data to current work month vis-a-vis equivalent period in preceding year.

SOURCE: Central Bureau of Statistics, Bank of Israel computations.

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