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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10898
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BUSINESS NEWS NO 70 / (ae) unemployment

Prospects in OECD countries still not looking good for 2014 - Unemployment is likely to remain high in OECD countries in 2014, according to the most recent OECD Employment Outlook 2013 report, particularly among the young and workers with low skill sets. According to data in the report, unemployment rates are only expected to fall slightly over the next 18 months from 8% in May 2013 to 7.8% by the end of 2014. This represents a figure of around 48 million unemployed in the 34 OECD member...