12/4/2011 00:00:00
The data for the unemployed in the month of February show a decline in almost all OECD countries, with the exception of Austria, Korea, Mexico and Spain. Rates remain high in Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain, while Italy shows a downward trend from 8.5% in January to 8.4% in February, below the European average which is around to 9.9%.