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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8942

5 May 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Euro zone unemployment rate rises to 8.9% in March

Brussels, 04/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - The unemployment rate in the euro zone rose by 0.1 points between February and March 2005 to reach 8.9%. In March 2004, it stood at 8.8%. In the EU25, it remained unchanged compared to February 2005, at 8.9%, compared to 9% one year earlier. In March, the lowest rates were recorded in Ireland (4.3%), Luxembourg (4.5%), Austria (4.6%) and the United Kingdom (4.7%) while the highest rates were to be found in Poland (18.1%), Slovakia (15.9%), Greece...

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