Employment Outlook 2009 Country Notes: France
France has experienced a sharp increase in unemployment, although the hike has been less steep than in a number of other OECD countries. Since the end of 2007, the unemployment rate has risen by 2 percentage points to reach 9.8% in July 2009 and more than 600 thousands individuals have joined the ranks of the unemployed. By comparison, the OECD average unemployment rate has risen by 2.8 percentage points over the same period, reaching a post-war high of 8.5% in July.
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