Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: July 2011

OECD unemployment rate stable at 8.1% in May

 

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12/07/11 - The OECD area unemployment rate was steady at 8.1% in May, unchanged for the third consecutive month. The Euro area unemployment rate was also stable at 9.9% for the third consecutive month.

Selected Unemployment Rates, s.a.

April 2011 - May 2011 (1)

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(1) United Kingdom:  February 2011 - March 2011.

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