Europe’s jobless figures fell slightly over the summer but remain at over 10&percent;…

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Series Details 18/09/97, Volume 3, Number 33
Publication Date 18/09/1997
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Date: 18/09/1997

...(approximately 18 million unemployed), according to new figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistical office. The rate fell to 10.7&percent; in June, and July saw a further small drop to 10.6&percent;. Before that, the rate had remained at 10.8&percent; since October 1996. Eurostat said the overall figure had gone down because of falls in the number of people out of work in the UK, Scandinavia, Portugal and Spain.

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