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Euro-Area Unemployment Rises to Record 12% Amid Recession
The euro-area jobless rate rose to a record 12 percent in early 2013, adding to signs that the currency bloc’s recession extended into the first quarter. Unemployment in the 17-nation euro area was 12 percent in February and the January figure was revised up to the same level from 11.9 percent estimated earlier, the European Union’s statistics office in Luxembourg said today. That is the highest since the data series started in 1995 and matches the median estimate of 31 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. The euro-zone economy has contracted for five straight quarters and that trend is forecast to continue in ... (full story)
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