07/07/06 - The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area(1) fell to 6.1% in May 2006, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.5 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
In the Euro area, the standardised unemployment rate was 7.9% in May 2006, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.8 percentage point lower than the same month a year earlier. The United States’ standardised unemployment rate for May 2006 was 4.6%, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.5 percentage point lower than a year earlier. For Japan, the rate was 4.0% in May 2006, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month and 0.4 percentage point lower than in May 2005...etc.
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