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OECD unemployment rate records fourth consecutive fall at 8.2% in February
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12/04/11 - The OECD area unemployment rate fell again in February 2011 to 8.2%, down 0.1 percentage point from January. This was the fourth consecutive decrease, following a period of stability of around 8.5% throughout most of 2010. New March 2011 data show further declines of 0.1 percentage point in the unemployment rates of both the United States (to 8.8%) and Canada (7.7%).
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Selected Unemployment Rates, s.a. January 2011 - Feburary 2011 (1) |
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(1) United Kingdom: November 2010 - December 2010 |
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Link to underlying data - Source: Labour Force Statistics |
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Next publication date: 10 May 2011 - see 2011 calendar |
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