MADRID, April 24 (UPI) -- Unemployment in Spain grew to 4.01 million people in 2009's first quarter, pushing the jobless rate to 17.4 percent, worst in the European Union, officials say.
TOKYO, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Japan's September jobless rate eased to 4 percent from 4.2 percent in August, due largely to jobless men giving up their job search, the government said Friday.
OTTAWA, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Canadian job gains and U.S. job losses brought the countries' jobless rates to the same level for the first time in 26 years, the governments said Friday.
TOKYO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in July from 4.2 percent in June, Kyodo reported Tuesday.
TOKYO, July 29 (UPI) -- Japan's jobless rate fell last month to its lowest level since mid-1988, the Financial Times reported Friday.
TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Japan's unemployment rate reached 4.4 percent during December, the government reported.
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.2 percent in November, its lowest level in 30 years, the government reported Thursday.
WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Polish Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner expects the unemployment rate in October and November to be 18.7 percent, the PAP news agency reported Friday.
WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Poland's unemployment rate should fall to 18.8 percent in October, Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner was quoted by the PAP news agency as saying Thursday.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 29 (UPI) -- Hungary's unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent in March from 6 percent in February, official figures showed Thursday.
