Job advertisements boomed in March

 Job advertisements in the Swiss press boomed in March. Income from job advertisements increased by 45.2 percent. On the other hand, the press suffered a 3.4 percent drop in commercial advertisements. Overall, the daily and weekly press saw a 7.5 percent increase in advertising revenue in March, as reported by the SDA news agency based on the latest Wemf advertising statistics. Advertising revenues in the Sunday press fell by a total of 0.5 percent. In the financial and business press, income from advertisements fell by 6.5 percent. By contrast, income from the general press increased by 5.7 percent. In terms of page volumes, the specialty press recorded a drop of 12.2 percent and the trade press also closed down 6.4 percent.