Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: March 2009

09-Mar-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.9% in January 2009, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: February 2009

13-Feb-2009

Unit labour costs in industry rose 1.0% quarter-on-quarter in the OECD area in the third quarter of 2008 (0.8% in second quarter) and resulting in a year-on-year growth rate of 2.6%.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2009

09-Feb-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.8% in December 2008, 0.2 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.1 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2009

12-Jan-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.5% in November 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.8 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: December 2008

08-Dec-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.2% in October 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.6 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: November 2008

10-Nov-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.0% in September 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: October 2008

10-Oct-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.0% in August 2008, 0.2 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

Labour Productivity Indicators - Comparison of two OECD databases; Productivity differentials and the Balassa-Samuelson effect

18-Sep-2008

This paper covers two important topics resulting from the recent release of the OECD System of Unit Labour Cost and Related Indicators database. The first section of the paper explores differences between ...

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: September 2008

08-Sep-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.8% in July 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.2 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: August 2008

18-Aug-2008

All major OECD economies recorded moderate growth in Unit Labour Costs for market services for the first quarter of 2008.

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