Eurozone unemployment rate hits 10%

Unemployment in the 16 countries that use the euro hit 10% in December 2009 for the first time since the single currency was introduced in 1999.

• Primary Source

Eurostat: Press Release: STAT/10/16: December 2009 Euro area unemployment rate up to 10.0%. EU27 up to 9.6% http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/10/16&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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