OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: July 2006

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rate falls to 6.1% in May 2006

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07/07/06 - The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area(1) fell to 6.1% in May 2006, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.5 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

In the Euro area, the standardised unemployment rate was 7.9% in May 2006, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.8 percentage point lower than the same month a year earlier. The United States’ standardised unemployment rate for May 2006 was 4.6%, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.5 percentage point lower than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 4.0% in May 2006, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.4 percentage point lower than in May 2005...etc.

Standardised unemployment rates for the other OECD countries

The next publication date of the OECD's standardised unemployment rates will be on  8 September 2006.

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