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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8145

7 February 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
EU unemployment stable in December 2001

Luxembourg, 06/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat, unemployment in the eurozone stood at 8.5% in December 2001, unchanged compared with November 2001 and December 2000. In the EU as a whole (EU15), it stood at 7.8% in December 2001 (the same level as in November 2001, compared with 7.9% in December 2000). Spain's unemployment rate, 12.9%, remains the highest in the EU. The lowest levels were recorded in the Netherlands (2.2%), Luxembourg (2.5%), Austria (4.2%), Ireland (4.2%),...

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