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OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates
Paris, 10 December 2004

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/0/34038617.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

For additional information, see-
http://www.oecd.org/document/35/0,2340,en_2649_201185_34033891_1_1_1_1,00.html


The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area remained at 6.8% in October 2004,
0.3 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

In the Euro area, the standardised unemployment rate remained at 8.9% in October 2004, the
same rate as a year earlier. The United States' standardised unemployment rate for November 2004 fell to
5.4%, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.5 percentage point lower than a year
earlier. For Japan, the rate was 4.7% in October 2004, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous
month but 0.5 percentage point lower than in October 2003.

In October 2004, the standardised unemployment rate in France fell to 9.5%, 0.1 percentage
point lower than the previous month and 0.1 percentage point lower than a year earlier. In Germany, the
rate remained at 9.9% in October 2004, 0.2 percentage point higher than in October 2003. In Canada, the
standardised unemployment rate was 7.3% in November 2004, 0.2 percentage point higher than the
previous month but 0.2 percentage point lower than a year earlier. In August 2004, the rate in the United
Kingdom was 4.5%, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.4 percentage point lower
than in August 2003. In January 2004, the standardised unemployment rate in Italy was 8.5%, 0.4
percentage point lower than a year earlier.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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