British unemployment rate falls
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Britain's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell in November for the first time in 18 months, according to figures released Wednesday.
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Jobless numbers drop by 16,000 between May and July,  according to official figures.
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The UK saw unemployment fall in the last three months of 2006 according to the Office for National Statistics.
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The unemployment rate for August fell to 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent, the lowest since October 2001, the government reported today.
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The UK economy continued to create jobs at a steady pace in August as unemployment fell to a 20-year low, official figures showed today.
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Hit by a decline in manufacturing, Britain&#39;s economy grew only 0.4 percent in the third quarter, the weakest quarterly performance since the beginning of 2003, the government reported on Friday.
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PRAGUE- Unemployment in the Czech Republic fell to 8.9 pct in October from September's 9.1 pct, and the number of jobless decreased by over 12,000 to 517,812, the Labour Ministry said.
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An index of optimism among UK manufacturers fell in the three months through October to the lowest since July of last year, the Confederation of British Industry said, adding to evidence of a slowdown in industry.
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SINGAPORE : Singapore&#39;s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in five years on the back of strong economic growth in the first half of the year, the government said Monday.
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LONDON : Britain&#39;s manufacturing industries experienced an unexpected drop in output in August, the first time since January 2002 that output has fallen for three months in a row.
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Britain's manufacturing output slipped in November, official data showed Friday, prompting analysts to warn of a potential recession in the sector this year.
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Britain&#39;s unemployment rate fell to a new 20-year low of 4.6 percent in the latest quarter, according to official data released Wednesday.
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Japan's unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in July, official figures show, as the economy continues to recover.
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The unemployment rate in the 12 nations sharing the euro slipped in October to a five-and-a-half year low of 7.7 percent from 7.8 percent in September, the European Union's Eurostat data agency has said.
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The unemployment rate declined to 5.2 percent in the three months to December, official data showed on Wednesday.
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LONDON : British unemployment fell for the 15th month in a row in August to reach the lowest level for 29 years, official figures showed.
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UK business investment fell at the start of 2007, the first such decline for more than a year, official figures show.