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OECD unemployment rate rises to 7.6% in March 2009

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11/05/2009 - The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 7.6% in March 2009, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.0 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

In the Euro area, the unemployment rate was 8.9% in March 2009, 0.2 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.7 percentage points higher than in March 2008. For the United States, the unemployment rate for April 2009 was 8.9%, 0.4 percentage point higher than the previous month and 3.9 percentage points higher than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 4.8% in March 2009, 0.4 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.0 percentage point higher than in March 2008. etc.

Harmonised unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries

The next publication date of the OECD's harmonised unemployment rates will be on 9 June 2009.

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For further information, journalists are invited to contact the OECD's Media Relations Division on (33) 1 45 24 97 00 or news.contact@oecd.org;  others should contact the Statistics Directorate on stat.contact@oecd.org.

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