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EUROPEAN REVIEW

ISSUE 36 - Page 9

stats and facts

Unemployment stable overall as Baltic States do well & UK badly
The seasonally adjusted unemployment total remained constant for the EU as a whole in August. A rate of 8.0% represents 17.5 million people and, while there was no increase or decrease overall, individual Member States recorded more movement. The three Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia had the biggest falls with Estonia now having the third lowest percentage behind Denmark and the Netherlands. The UK registered the largest rise with Hungary second. Poland, Greece and Slovakia are still bottom of the table. Concerning under-25s without jobs, the same countries occupy roughly the same places as in the general table with the exception of Italy whose record on youth unemployment is substantially worse.

Member State
DEN
NET
EST
IRE
AUS
LUX
UK*
CYP
LIT
SLO
CZE
LAT
POR
ITA**
MAL
HUN
FIN
SPA
EU25
GER
BEL
FRA
GRE
SLO
POL

DENMARK FLAG
Netherlands Flag
Estonia Flag
Ireland Flag
Austria flag
Luxembourg flag
UK flag
Cyprus flag
Lithuania flag
Slovenia flag
Czech flag
Latvian flag
Portugal flag
Italy flag
Malta flag
Hungary flag
Finland flag
Spain flag
EU flag
Germany flag
Belgium flag
France flag
Greece flag
Slovakia flag
Poland flag
Unemployment rate
% August 2006

3.7
3.8
4.2
4.4
4.8
4.8
5.4
5.5
5.7
6.0
7.1
7.2
7.2
7.4
7.4
7.6
7.8
7.8
8.0
8.5
8.6
8.8
9.2
13.1
15.0
*FIGURES FOR JUNE;  **FIGURES FOR MARCH
NO FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR SWEDEN


Services price survey shows large gap

A new survey which examines prices of services throughout Europe has revealed big differences between countries. The amount charged for energy, transport, communication, restaurant and hotels, and cultural services was monitored by using Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) which allow for exchange rates between different currencies. As might be expected, rich countries have the highest prices with Switzerland and the Nordic countries top of the list. However the exceptions include lower energy prices in the UK and low variation in telephone, Internet and postal charges which are proportionately cheaper in the wealthy states. EUPrice Chart

Price level indices for all consumer services 2005



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