Unemployment is expected to fall under 8.8% next year from 9.2% currently, according to the macroeconomic forecast of the Finance Ministry for the period 2011-2013. Thus, the number of unemployed people is expected to decrease from 343k people currently to about 326k in a year. The decrease of unemployment is expected to be driven by a 3.6%YoY growth of GDP in 2011, forecasted by the Finance Ministry.