Euro Zone's jobless rate attained 10.4% last month

Source: BBC
Euro Zone's unemployment approached a new record in December, reported the Eurostat. The unemployment rate in the region jumped to 10.4% in December, after hitting 10.3% in November. About 16.5 million individuals were unemployed while the highest jobless rate of 22.9% was in Spain and the lowest rate of 4.1% was in Austria.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:42:38 GMT

Chicago PMI fell to 60.2 in January

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