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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8910

17 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Increase in labour costs

Brussels, 16/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - Total hourly labour costs in the whole economy of the euro-zone3 grew by 2.2% in nominal terms in the fourth quarter of 2004 compared to the fourth quarter of 2003. In the third quarter of 2004 the increase was 1.8%. In the EU25 the annual rise was 2.6% in the fourth quarter of 2004, compared to 2.4% in the previous quarter. Among the Member States for which data are available in the fourth quarter of 2004, the smallest annual rises were recorded in...

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