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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10408

30 June 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/employment rates
2010 fall for 20-64 year olds, rise for 55-64 age group

Brussels, 29/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The total employment rate for people in the EU27 aged 20 to 64, which is the age group targeted in the Europe 2020 strategy, rose steadily from 66.8% in 2002 to 70.4% in 2008, then fell to 69.1% in 2009, and decreased further in 2010 to 68.6%. The employment rate for women in this age group, which increased continuously from 57.3% in 2000 to 63.0% in 2008, dropped for the first time in 2009 to 62.5%, then fell slightly again in 2010 to 62.1%. In...

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