22 percent of Moldovan economic agents expect an increase in demand for goods, products or services hoping for an improvement in the economic situation, the end of the war in Ukraine and the restoration of supply chains. 69 percent claim that demand for goods, products and services will remain on a stable line.
This is according to the Labour Market Forecast for 2024 from the perspective of employers and the Barometer of Employment Opportunities (BOA), prepared by the National Employment Agency and made public at the Economic Council to the Prime Minister of Moldova within the Labour Market Development Working Group, led by Sergiu Harea, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova.
According to the data of the Labour Market Forecast and BOA 16% of the economic agents, who participated in the research, expect a decrease in demand, these being from: wholesale and retail trade; maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; construction; transport and storage and real estate transactions.
According to the results of the study, the number of employed persons in the Republic of Moldova amounts to 575.7 thousand people, which is expected to increase in 2024 by about 18 thousand people. According to ANOFM the labour shortage was felt by about 30% of employers and in 2023, mainly in the private sector. The biggest labour shortage was felt in wholesale and retail trade.

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