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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