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		      <pubDate>Thu Nov 19 11:57:42 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Recovery still too timid to halt rising unemployment, says OECD Economic Outlook]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The economic recovery now spreading across OECD countries is still too timid to halt the continuing rise in unemployment, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook. The jobless rate is expected to peak in the first half of 2010 in the US, but it may not be until 2011 that unemployment begins to fall in the Euro area.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Nov 19 10:55:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Unit labour costs rise strongly across OECD economies in second quarter 2009]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Unit Labour Costs (ULC) for the total economy grew 0.8% in OECD countries in the second quarter of 2009 and rose 3.6% year-on-year. The strong growth was largely driven by falls in real output (gross domestic product at constant prices) due to the crisis. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Unemployment rate stable at 8.6% in September 2009]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.6% in September 2009, the same as the previous month and 2.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Tackling the jobs crisis – OECD Employment and Labour Ministerial meeting, Paris, 28-29 September 2009]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Ministers meeting in Paris, in the context of the mandate by the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, asked the OECD to continue its in-depth review of labour market developments and assess the effectiveness of policy responses to the jobs crisis. Read their Final Communiqué.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Oct 12 18:02:50 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Governments must act decisively on jobs, says OECD’s Gurría ]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Governments must act fast and decisively to prevent the recession turning into a long-term unemployment crisis, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. “Employment is the bottom line of the current crisis. It is essential that governments focus on helping jobseekers in the months to come,” he said at the launch of the OECD’s Employment Outlook 2009.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Sep 16 11:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting: Tackling the Jobs Crisis]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[OECD employment and labour ministers will meet on 28-29 September to discuss how labour market and social policies can best help workers and low-income households weather the storm of the current jobs crisis. The Ministerial meeting will be preceded by a Policy Forum on the morning of 28 September. The Forum will provide an opportunity for Ministers to share their views on these important issues with the social partners, researchers, representatives of civil society and journalists.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Aug 04 17:45:56 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Learn more about the forthcoming 2009 edition of the Employment Outlook]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD Employment Outlook will be released during the OECD Employment and Labour Ministerial meeting on the 28-29 September 2009. Prior to the launch, information regarding the 2009 edition can be found on the Employment Outlook homepage. This page includes a new feature on Key Employment Statistics which allows cross-country comparisons on labour market indicators, outcomes, policies and institutions.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Jul 20 15:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[ Frequently asked questions about the impact of crisis on employment]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The effect of the crisis on unemployment. How much will unemployment rise in the coming months? What impact have government stimulus packages had on employment? Which groups of people are most likely to be affected? What should governments do? How will the crisis affect employment in developing countries?]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Unemployment in OECD countries to approach 10% in 2010, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Unemployment in OECD countries will continue to rise well into 2010, with the average unemployment rate approaching 10%, up from 7.8% in April, according to new OECD projections.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Jun 23 15:30:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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