Unemployment In The Eurozone

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  Eurozone Unemployment Falls To Nine-Year Low

  Unemployment in the eurozone fell in May, data showed on Monday, as joblessness in Europe continued its slow but steady fall towards pre-crisis levels.

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  IMF Chief Christine Lagarde Says Worried About European Elections

  Faster US growth and low unemployment could lead to more US interest rate hikes, while inflation in the United States has begun to approach the threshold which would also trigger monetary tightening, she said.

• Eurozone unemployment at record high in May

  Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, said on Monday that Eurozone unemployment rose 0.1 percentage point in May to 12.1 per cent.

• Facing recession, record dole queues right through 2013: European Union

  The eurozone is staring at another full year of recession in 2013 with unemployment likely to surge above the 20-million mark and France set to overshoot fiscal targets, the European Union (EU) warned today.

• China, India to lead 2013 global growth: report

  Emerging economies will lead growth in 2013 as the global economic outlook remains challenged by the eurozone's debt crisis and high unemployment in the United States, according to a report released on Wednesday.

• Eurozone unemployment rises to new record

  Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone hit a record high of 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, a sign the economy is deteriorating as governments struggle to get a grip on their three-year debt crisis.

• Eurozone jobless rate stuck at record high in July

  The 11.3 per cent unemployment rate, which is up 1.2 points from a year earlier, is the highest level since the euro was formed in 1999.

• Europe on the edge of recession

  The eurozone is grappling with sky-high debt levels and record unemployment of 11.2 per cent. Compared with the year before, the eurozone's economy is 0.4 per cent smaller. The region's economy would have slipped into recession had it not been for better-than-expected GDP figures from its two leading economies, Germany and France.

• Eurozone unemployment hits new record in May

  Unemployment in the 17-country euro currency bloc hit another record in May as the continent teetered on the edge of recession because of its crippling financial crisis, official figures showed Monday.

• Eurozone unemployment ends 2011 at record high

  Unemployment in the 17-nation eurozone ended 2011 at 10.4 per cent, a new record high since launch in 1999

• Asia stocks drop on eurozone worries

  The US unemployment rate fell in December but that was not enough to offset worries about Europe's debt problems.

• UK unemployment hits 17-year high

  Unemployment in Britain has jumped to 2.57 million people from June to August, the highest since 1994 according to data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, dealing a heavy blow to the country's recovery hopes.