The unemployment rate remained stable in the OECD in November at 5.2 percent
The unemployment rate in the OECD as a whole remained stable in November at 5.2% of the active population for the third consecutive month, which means three points less than the peak reached in January 2013 due to the crisis.
In the United States, unemployment fell by one tenth to 3.7% and also declined one tenth in the euro area to 7.9%, the lowest figure there since October 2008, the Organization for Cooperation said today in a press release. and Economic Development.
Within the eurozone, the most pronounced falls in relative terms occurred in Luxembourg (two tenths to 5%) and in the Netherlands (two tenths to 3.5%).
In Spain, the decline was one tenth to 14.7%, which remained the second country with the highest rate of the organization only behind Greece (18.6% in October, the latest data available) .
In Spain, there were 3.35 million people in search of a job in November, equivalent to 10.1% of all OECD jobs, a percentage that has been decreasing in recent years (representing 11.4% in 2016). ).
Unemployment rose one tenth in Mexico to 3.3%, the fourth lowest rate known as the "Club of developed countries", only higher than those of the Czech Republic (1.9%), Japan (2, 5%) and Iceland (2.6% in October, last statistics available). Germany also had 3.3%.
