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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, OECD, second quarter 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD area employment rate falls by 4.0 percentage points, to 64.6% in second quarter of 2020]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Rates, OECD - Updated: October 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate falls to 7.4% in August 2020 but remains 2.2 percentage points above February 2020]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Rates, OECD - Updated: September 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate falls to 7.7% in July 2020 but remains 2.5 percentage points higher than in February]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, OECD, first quarter 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD area employment dipped in first quarter of 2020 but early evidence for second quarter points to a plunge]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Urgent action needed to stop jobs crisis becoming a social crisis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Covid-19 pandemic is turning into a jobs crisis far worse than the 2008 crisis. Women, young people and workers on low incomes are being hit hardest, according to a new OECD report and unemployment statistics released today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Rates, OECD - Updated: June 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Record rise in OECD unemployment rate in April 2020]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Rates, OECD - Updated: May 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate up sharply in March 2020 with data for April pointing to an unprecedented rise]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: April 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Provisional data point to significant rise in unemployment due to the COVID-19 shock]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: March 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate nudges up to 5.1% in January 2020]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.1% in December 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, OECD, third quarter 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD employment rate increases slightly in the third quarter of 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2020]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.1% in November 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: December 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.2% in October 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, OECD, second quarter 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD employment rate stable at 68.7% in the second quarter of 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: November 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.2% in September 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: October 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate down to 5.1% in August 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: September 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.2% in May 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, OECD, first quarter 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD employment rate increases to 68.7% in the first quarter of 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: July 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.2% in May 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: June 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate falls to 5.2% in April 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: May 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.3% in March 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 09:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, OECD, fourth quarter 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD employment rate increases to 68.6% in the fourth quarter of 2018]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 08:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: April 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate down to 5.2% in February 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: March 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.3% in January 2019]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.2% in December 2018]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Employment situation, OECD, third quarter 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD employment rate increases to 68.3% in the second quarter of 2018]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 09:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2019]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.2% in November 2018]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: December 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.2% in October 2018]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 20:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: November 2018]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD unemployment rate down to 5.2% in September 2018]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Society: Governments must tackle record gap between rich and poor, says OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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