Employment decreased in Belarus

In June, the Belarusian economy was able to provide employment to 4.3008 million people. The National Statistical Committee of Belarus informed about this. According to the materials of Belstat, in June, 54.769 thousand employees were hired in Belarusian organizations (without micro-organizations and small organizations without departmental subordination) and 59.287 thousand were dismissed. Earlier, the statistical department informed: 4337.9 thousand people were employed in the economy of the Republic of Belarus in March 2020. See also: The State Statistics Committee of Belarus published data on the average salary for June Recall that according to the results of the first half of 2020, Belarus's GDP decreased by 1.7%. Despite this, as the chairman of the government of the republic, Roman Golovchenko, said on July 23, according to the results of the year, the authorities expect to at least maintain GDP at the level of 2019 (then it grew by 1.2%), leaving in force the official forecast for 2020 approved by Alexander Lukashenko, providing for GDP growth by 2.8%. Read the story news: Economic crisis in Belarus