The statistical office published complete figures for the year 2011. Though the country has been considered as relatively untouched by the crisis GDP in 2011 decreased by 2.7% (after an increase in 2010 of 8.1%). The share of financial services in the economy is high (27%). Whilst the overall income increase of wage earners almost stabilised (plus 0.2%), the overall increase for capital owners was substantial (plus 78.1%).
German: http://www.volksblatt.li/medienarchiv/pdf-llv-as-volkswirtschaftliche ...
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.