Eurozone inflation at -0.6% in July; June unemployment rate highest since June 1999; Netherlands jobless at 3.3%; Spain at 18.1%
Jul 31st, 2009 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Eurozone annual inflation is expected to be -0.6% in July 2009 according to a flash estimate issued today by Eurostat. the EU statistics office. It was -0.1% in June. Eurostat also reported that the Eurozone (EA16) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.4% in June 2009, compared with 9.3% in May. It was 7.5% in June 2008. June's rate is the highest rate since June 1999.