In the labor market, the number of nonfarm payroll jobs rose 2.7 million in 2015, and posted a further gain of 150,000 in January of this year. The cumulative increase in employment since its trough in early 2010, is now more than 13 million jobs.
3  I will reiterate that Serbia is one of the few countries where exports rose faster in 2019 than in 2018. The investment cycle which began in 2015, and which accelerated significantly in the past two years, is having a considerable impact on import dynamics and structure.