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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8435

3 April 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Unemployment rises in Euro-zone in February

Luxembourg, 02/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to data published by Eurostat on 1 April, Euro-zone seasonally-adjusted unemployment stood at 8.7% in February 2003, compared to 8.6% in January. In the European Union (EU15), the unemployment rate remained stable at 7.9% in February. The lowest rates were registered in Luxembourg (2.8%), the Netherlands (3.4% in January), Austria (4.2%), Ireland (4.5%), and Denmark (5.0%). Spain's 11.9% remained the EU's highest rate. The European...

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