1 August 2001, 14:26 Euro zone June unemployment unchanged at 8.3 pct vs 8.9 pct yr earlier
BRUSSELS (AFX) - Euro zone June unemployment was 8.3 pct, unchanged
from May and down from 8.9 pct a year earlier, the EU statistics office
Eurostat said.
The EU's rate was 7.6 pct, also unchanged from May, and was down
from 8.2 pct a year before.
Eurostat said it estimates that in June 11.3 mln people were
unemployed in the euro zone and 13.1 mln in the EU.
Lowest June rates were Luxembourg and Netherlands at 2.4 pct,
Ireland and Austria at 3.8 pct and Portugal at 4.0 pct, it said.
Spain had the highest unemployment at 12.8 pct.
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