The labour input, as measured by hours worked, increased by 0.6% compared to the previous quarter and increased by 1.5% compared to the first quarter of 2023. In the same period GDP increased by 0.3% quarter-on-quarter and by 0.7% year-on-year. In the first quarter 2024, the number of employed people increased by 75 thousand units (+0.3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023), following the growth of permanent employees (+92 thousand, +0.6%) and of independent employees (+32 thousand, +0,6%) which more than offset the growth of temporary employees (-49 thousand, -1.7%); the number of unemployed decreases (-55 ... (full story)