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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8020

3 August 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/unemployment
Unemployment rate remains stable in June

Brussels, 02/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the euro zone remained unchanged in June 2001 in relation to the previous month, or 8.3%. In the EU15, this level also remained stable, at 7.6%. The lowest rates were noted in Luxembourg (2.4%), the Netherlands (2.4% in May), Ireland (3.8%), Austria (3.8%) and Portugal (4.0%). The highest unemployment rates remained in Spain (12.8%). Over the past twelve months, the steepest relative falls were observed in...

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