15/11/2011 00:00:00
The OECD area unemployment rate, at 8.2% in September 2011, was unchanged from August. The rate has remained at around 8.2% since January 2011. Between August and September unemployment rates in most OECD countries continued to display very little movement, with the notable exception of Spain where the unemployment rate was up by 0.4 percentage point to 22.6% and Italy where it was up by 0.3 percentage point to 8.3%. The Euro area unemployment rate rose to 10.2% in September, the highest rate recorded since June 2010. The greatest fall was recorded in Hungary (down by 0.4 percentage point to 9.9%).
