OECD warns 25m jobs still at risk

Up to 25m people in high-income countries will have lost their jobs by the end of 2010 as the recession pushes the unemployment rate towards a record 10%, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecast September 2009.

OECD: Press Release, 16.9.09: Governments must act decisively on jobs, says OECD’s Gurría http://www.oecd.org/document/5/0,3343,en_2649_37457_43701438_1_1_1_1,00.html

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