31 July 2003, 11:01  FRENCH JUNE JOBLESS RATE AT 9.5%

PARIS, July 31 - The number of unemployed in France in June, adjusted for seasonal variations, rose by 11,000 or 0.4 percent, to 2,595,000 from a revised 2,584,000 in May, according to data based on International Labour Organisation (ILO) criteria. The Labour Ministry said on Thursday that the overall jobless rate, based on ILO standards, was 9.5 percent, versus a revised 9.5 percent in May, above a forecast of 9.4 percent from economists polled by . The May jobless rate was previously given as 9.3 percent.

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