Politics Corner (Part 1)

[Perttu_Hamalainen]

@Perttu_Hamalainen

The Marin government punished the unemployed with a 5% cut to the labor market subsidy. Inflation 2018-2022 was approx. 12%, while the increase in the basic component was approx. 5%.

The number of unemployed at the start of the Marin government was 243,300, which was a decrease of 45,000 from the previous year—meaning during the Sipilä government. at the end of Marin’s term, it was 264,700.

Unemployment rate

2014 8.7%

2018 7.4%

2019 6.7% The Marin government’s actions do not yet affect this change; the Sipilä government’s actions, insofar as government actions have an impact, still do.

2022 6.8% So at the end of 2023, we can assess the effects of the Marin government on unemployment. There is a strong suspicion that we won’t see anything but an increase regarding the effects of the entire term.

@Odetus

Suomessa tapahtui käänne – Ekonomisti hämmästyi: ”Aika paljon ihmeteltävää” työllisyysluvuissa | Uusi Suomi

"“A turn for the worse has occurred,” says Petri Malinen in a press release.

Juho Keskinen, economist at the Mortgage Society of Finland (Hypo), notes that the employment rate dipped now for the first time since the COVID crisis. According to Keskinen, the number of employed people fell by 62,000 compared to a year ago."

This doesn’t look very good right now