Monday, January 12, 2009
[IWS] OECD UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Increase to 6.5% [12 January 2009]
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
OECD Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs)
OECD Unemployment Rate increases to 6.5% in November 2008 [12 January 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_2649_34251_41965991_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/31/40/41970655.pdf
[full-text 4 pages]
Includes CHART & TABLES....
12/01/2009 - The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.5% in November 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.8 percentage point higher than a year earlier.
In the Euro area, the unemployment rate was 7.8% in November 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.6 percentage point higher than a year earlier. For the United States the unemployment rate for December 2008 was 7.2%, 0.4 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 4.0% in November 2008, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.2 percentage point higher than in November 2007.
etc.
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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
OECD Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs)
OECD Unemployment Rate increases to 6.5% in November 2008 [12 January 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_2649_34251_41965991_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/31/40/41970655.pdf
[full-text 4 pages]
Includes CHART & TABLES....
12/01/2009 - The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.5% in November 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.8 percentage point higher than a year earlier.
In the Euro area, the unemployment rate was 7.8% in November 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.6 percentage point higher than a year earlier. For the United States the unemployment rate for December 2008 was 7.2%, 0.4 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 4.0% in November 2008, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.2 percentage point higher than in November 2007.
etc.
______________________________
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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