Friday, January 11, 2008
[IWS] OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: January 2008 [11 January 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: January 2008 [11 January 2008]
http://www.oecd.org/document/21/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39885653_1_1_1_1,00.html
and
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/26/29/39885598.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Includes CHARTS & TABLES...
[excerpt]
The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area(1) was 5.5% in November 2007, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.4 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
In the Euro area(2), the standardised unemployment rate was 7.2% in November 2007, the same as the previous month and 0.7 percentage point lower than a year earlier. The United States' standardised unemployment rate for December 2007 was 5.0%, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.6 percentage point higher than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 3.8% in November 2007, 0.2 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.2 percentage point lower than in November 2006.
In November 2007, the standardised unemployment rate in France(3) was 7.9%, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 1.0 percentage point lower than a year earlier. For Germany, the rate was 7.9% in November 2007, 0.2 percentage point lower than the previous month and 1.3 percentage point lower than in November 2006. For Canada, the standardised unemployment rate was 5.9% in November 2007, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month but 0.3 percentage point lower than a year earlier. In September 2007, the rate in the United Kingdom was 5.2%, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.2 percentage point lower than a year earlier. In September 2007, the standardised unemployment rate in Italy was 6.0%, the same as the previous month and 0.5 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: January 2008 [11 January 2008]
http://www.oecd.org/document/21/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39885653_1_1_1_1,00.html
and
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/26/29/39885598.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Includes CHARTS & TABLES...
[excerpt]
The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area(1) was 5.5% in November 2007, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.4 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
In the Euro area(2), the standardised unemployment rate was 7.2% in November 2007, the same as the previous month and 0.7 percentage point lower than a year earlier. The United States' standardised unemployment rate for December 2007 was 5.0%, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.6 percentage point higher than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 3.8% in November 2007, 0.2 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.2 percentage point lower than in November 2006.
In November 2007, the standardised unemployment rate in France(3) was 7.9%, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 1.0 percentage point lower than a year earlier. For Germany, the rate was 7.9% in November 2007, 0.2 percentage point lower than the previous month and 1.3 percentage point lower than in November 2006. For Canada, the standardised unemployment rate was 5.9% in November 2007, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month but 0.3 percentage point lower than a year earlier. In September 2007, the rate in the United Kingdom was 5.2%, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.2 percentage point lower than a year earlier. In September 2007, the standardised unemployment rate in Italy was 6.0%, the same as the previous month and 0.5 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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