TY - BOOK ID - 84546086 TI - Latvia : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 1998 SN - 1455269212 1452782954 1280982357 9786613753960 1463961839 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Labor KW - Macroeconomics KW - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search KW - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General KW - Labor Economics: General KW - Demand and Supply of Labor: General KW - Employment KW - Unemployment KW - Wages KW - Intergenerational Income Distribution KW - Aggregate Human Capital KW - Aggregate Labor Productivity KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Labor markets KW - Labor economics KW - Labor market KW - Economic theory KW - Estonia, Republic of KW - Income economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84546086 AB - This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix highlights that the real GDP growth in Latvia accelerated in the second half of 1997, and is estimated at 6 percent for the year. Growth was broad-based, with particularly strong performance in the services sector and construction, and has been led by increased investment, with real capital formation rising by an estimated 10 percent, and enhanced efficiency. Reflecting the strong economic growth, official unemployment has begun to decline, falling from 7½ percent in mid-year to 6.7 percent at end-January 1998. ER -