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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: May 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate decreased to 8.0% in March 2013, compared with 8.1% in the previous month. However, this small decline masks diverging patterns across countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, fourth quarter 2012, OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area employment rate – defined as the share of people of working-age who are employed – was 65.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012, 0.1 percentage point higher than in the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage points higher than one year ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: April 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate decreased to 8.0% in February 2013, compared with 8.1% in the previous month. The unemployment rate in the euro area was stable (at 12.0%) in February, but still 1.1 percentage point higher than its mid-90’s peak.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System of unit labour cost, OECD - Updated: March 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Growth in Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area accelerated to 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to 0.2% in the third quarter. Overall, growth in labour compensation per unit of labour input slowed marginally (to 0.3% compared to 0.4% in the third quarter). But this was more than offset by a significant slowdown in labour productivity (minus 0.3% compared to plus 0.2% in the previous quarter).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: March 2013 (PDF)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD Unit labour costs up 0.6 % in the fourth quarter of 2012]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: March 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate increased to 8.1% in January 2013, compared with 8.0% in the previous month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate was stable at 8.0% in December 2012, unchanged from the previous month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, third quarter 2012, OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area employment rate – defined as the share of people of working-age who are employed – was 65.0% in the third quarter of 2012, unchanged from the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage points higher than one year ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate was stable at 8.0% in November 2012, unchanged from the previous month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System of unit labour cost, OECD - Updated: December 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area rose by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2012, driven by continued increases in labour compensation per unit of labour input.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: December 2012 (PDF)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD Unit labour costs up 0.2% in the third quarter of 2012]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: December 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 8.0% in October 2012 compared to the previous month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: November 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate was 7.9% in September 2012, broadly the same rate observed since January 2011.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, second quarter 2012, OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area employment rate was 65.0% in the second quarter of 2012. This figure is 0.1 percentage point higher than in the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage point higher than one year ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: October 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate was at 7.9% in August 2012, broadly the same rate observed since January 2011.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System of unit labour cost, OECD - Updated: September 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area rose by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2012, driven by continued increases in labour compensation per unit of labour input.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: September 2012 (PDF)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unit labour costs for OECD area rose by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2012]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: September 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.0% in July 2012 compared with 7.9% in the previous month. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment Situation, First quarter 2012, OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area employment rate - defined as the proportion of people of working age (those aged 15 to 64) who are employed - was 64.9% in the first quarter of 2012.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: July 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.9% in May 2012 compared with the previous month. While the rate has hovered around this level since January 2011, it remains 2.1 percentage points higher than the level recorded four years earlier.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System of unit labour cost, OECD - Updated: June 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area rose by 0.3 % in the first quarter of 2012, the same rate as in the previous quarter, according to early estimates. This reflects increased labour compensation per unit of labour input and unchanged labour productivity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: June 2012 (PDF)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: June 2012 (PDF)]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/employment/labour-stats/Press Release - 2012Q1 English.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: June 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.9% in April 2012, around the same rate observed since January 2011, but 2.3 percentage points higher than the level recorded four years earlier. Differences in unemployment rates across OECD countries remain large. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment Situation, Fourth quarter 2011, OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area employment rate was 64.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to new quarterly labour market statistics from the OECD.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: April 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The euro area unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point (for the eighth consecutive month) to 10.8% in February, maintaining a record high since the start of the global financial crisis. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes, OECD - Updated: March 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area rose by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared with 0.2 per cent in the previous quarter, according to early estimates. This pick up in ULCs mainly reflects higher labour compensation per unit of labour input.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: March 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate was 8.2% in January 2012, having remained broadly unchanged throughout 2011. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate, unchanged at 8.2% December 2011, continued to show the stability seen throughout 2011.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The rate has hovered at this level since January 2011. However, stability at the aggregate level masks different national situations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes, OECD - Updated: December 2011]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area fell 0.3% in the third quarter of 2011, according to early estimates.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: December 2011]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate rose slightly, to 8.3% in October 2011, compared to 8.2% in September. The rate has hovered around this level since January 2011.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Society: Governments must tackle record gap between rich and poor, says OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: November 2011]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate, at 8.2% in September 2011, was unchanged from August. The rate has remained at around 8.2% since January 2011.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: October 2011]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate was steady at 8.2% in August 2011, unchanged from July. The rate has been stable at around 8.2% since January 2011. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: September 2011]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD area unemployment rate was steady at 8.2% in July 2011, unchanged for the fifth consecutive month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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