Russian Unemployment Increased By About 5% In 2015

Rosstat just released updated data on unemployment, and it makes for some interesting reading. First, and most important, is the simple fact that unemployment did meaningfully increase during the course of 2015: it went from 5.5% at the beginning of the year to 5.8% by the end, about a 5.4% increase. That's minimal in comparison to the huge spike in unemployment during 2009, but it does demonstrate that the downturn in the economy has been broad in scope and that the pain hasn't been concentra...