Eurozone unemployment reaches record high of 11.9% in January 2013

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3/1/13, "Eurozone unemployment hits 11.9%," BBC

"The rate of unemployment in the eurozone rose to a fresh record high in January, official figures show.

The jobless rate in the 17 countries that use the euro rose to 11.9% in January from 11.8% in December, the statistics agency Eurostat said.

The highest rate was 27% in Greece, although the most recent figure there was from November, while the lowest rate was 4.9% in Austria....

Unemployment in the 27 countries that make up the European Union rose to 10.8% in January from 10.7% the previous month."


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