Monday, November 10, 2008
[IWS] OECD Standardised Unemployment Rate stable at 6.0% in September 2008 [10 November 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 Rate stable at 6.0% in September 2008 [10 November 2008]
http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,3343,en_2649_34251_41653009_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/61/37/41652934.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
10/11/2008 - The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.0% in September 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.
In the Euro area, the unemployment rate was 7.5% in September 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.2 percentage point higher than a year earlier. For the United States the unemployment rate for October 2008 was 6.5%, 0.4 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.7 percentage points higher than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 4.0% in September 2008, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month but the same as in September 2007. etc.
AND MORE...includes CHART & TABLES....
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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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_______________________________
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 Rate stable at 6.0% in September 2008 [10 November 2008]
http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,3343,en_2649_34251_41653009_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/61/37/41652934.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
10/11/2008 - The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.0% in September 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.
In the Euro area, the unemployment rate was 7.5% in September 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.2 percentage point higher than a year earlier. For the United States the unemployment rate for October 2008 was 6.5%, 0.4 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.7 percentage points higher than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 4.0% in September 2008, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month but the same as in September 2007. etc.
AND MORE...includes CHART & TABLES....
______________________________
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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