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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8489

24 June 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Labour costs increase during first quarter in euro zone and in European Union

Luxembourg, 23/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat, the total hourly labour costs in the whole economy of the euro zone grew by 2.8% in nominal terms in the first quarter of 2003 compared to the first quarter of 2002. The increase was 3.7% during the fourth quarter of 2002. In the European Union (EU15), the increase was 2.9% during the first quarter 2003, compared to 3.7% during the previous quarter. Italy recorded the smallest annual increase in costs (0.6%) and Finland the...

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