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| Eurozone jobless at 10-year high |
| 2009-09-02 |
| Unemployment levels across the 16 countries that use the euro hit a 10-year high in July, as the impact of the recession continued to be felt. The number of people unemployed across the eurozone region totalled 15.1 million people in July, a seasonally-adjusted rate of 9.5%. This was the worst monthly percentage figure recorded since May 1999. The rate across all 27 members of the European Union was 9% - a total of 21.8 million people out of work. This was the highest level of unemployment across the EU as a whole since 2005. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 When we lived in Germany, back in the first half of the '90s, I heard that something like 70% of high school graduates went on to university... and stayed 10-15 years, because 1) it was practically free, and 2) the unemployment situation was fairly dismal then. Also, most German women never hold a paying job, so half of the population never gets into the statistics. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-09-02 20:02 |
| #3 Woozle, I'm sure they're only counting the employable. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-09-02 10:12 |
| #2 The rate across all 27 members of the European Union was 9% Bullshit. My guess is it's at least twice that. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-02 10:05 |
| #1 Amateurs |
| Posted by: The One 2009-09-02 04:47 |