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Registered unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (Updated continuously) - Unemployment statistics derived from administrative registers.

Survey based unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) -  Unemployment rates and levels derived from labour force surveys.

Job Vacancies for OECD countries

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators  (updated continuously) - Data generally relate to the stock of unfilled job vacancies.

Hourly Earnings for OECD countries

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Hourly earnings correspond to seasonally adjusted average total earnings in manufacturing and private sector paid per employed person per hour, including overtime pay and regularly recurring

Civilian employment for OECD countries and major non-member economies

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Civilian employment is presented in total and by broad industry and is derived from labour force sample surveys.

Monetary Aggregates for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Monetary aggregate indices presented are Narrow money (M1) and Broad money (M3). They are calculated as averages of the monthly figures. For all countries...

Interest Rates for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Access time series of immediate (overnight), short-term (3 month interbank rate), and long-term (10 yr bonds) interest rates for OECD countries and major non-member economies.

Share Prices for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Share prices data refer most frequently to "all shares". Monthly data are averages of daily quotations, quarterly and annual data are averages of monthly figures.

Real Effective Exchange Rates for OECD Countries

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - The effective exchange rate index is a chain-linked index. Percentage changes in the index are calculated by comparing the change in the index...

Exchange Rates for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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05-Dec-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - The exchange rates present daily averages of spot rates quoted for the US dollar on national markets expressed as national currency unit per US dollar.

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