Seasonal jobs will only help slow down the increase in unemployment

The number of unemployed in March was 18.1%, which is no change from February, in spite of optimistic forecasts by Labor Minister Jerzy Hausner, who expected the unemployment rate to drop by 0.1%. According to the Central Statistical Office (GUS), there were 3.25 million unemployed in February and 3.26 million unemployed in March. Some economists believe that the growth of unemployment is slowing down. "Data for the last two months are very good, as one could have expected higher increases, especially in February when many companies made staff reductions," said chief economist of Deutsche Bank Polska Arkadiusz Krzesniak. From the end of April the unemployment level might drop slightly due to the appearance of seasonal jobs, but this will only be felt until the new group of graduates enter the labor market. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 8; Parkiet, p. 10), M.T.