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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10110

1 April 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Euro area unemployment rate at 10.0% and 9.6% in EU27 last February - rise on last year's figures

Brussels, 31/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - The Euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.0% in February 2010, compared with 9.9% in January. It was 8.8% in February 2009. The EU27 unemployment rate was 9.6% in February 2010, compared with 9.5% in January. It was 8.3% in February 2009. For the euro area this is the highest rate since August 1998 and for the EU27 since the start of the series in January 2000. These are the most recent estimates published by Eurostat on Wednesday 31...

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