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Change in the labour markets in many countries over the last two decades has resulted in the requirement for labour statistics in not only "traditional" areas such as employment and unemployment but also for indicators on qualitative aspects such as temporary/part-time employment, earnings, etc.

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Unemployment rate increases to 8.6% in August 2009

12-Oct-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.6% in August 2009, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Growth in unit labour costs remained at 1.0% in OECD countries in first quarter of 2009

14-Aug-2009

Unit labour cost growth for the total economy remained largely steady for most OECD countries in the first quarter of 2009 as sharp falls in real output (gross domestic product at constant prices) due to the economic crisis were mostly offset by lower total labour costs.
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