> Official Unemployment Rates > > SPAIN 18.6% > FRANCE 11.9% > ITALY 12.3% > GERMANY 9.5% > CANADA 8.3 % > NEW ZEALAND 7.2% > AUSTRALIA 8.1% > OECD AVERAGE 7.0% > BRITAIN 6.3% > UNITED STATES 4.6% > JAPAN 4.3 % Aren't these numbers a bit misleading, because the way they're calculated differs among countries (even within the EU) ? (E.g. considering the various categories of de-facto unemployed people who fall out of the statistics for various reasons.) Also, comparing the unemployment rates of younger people can be more telling (e.g. Spain: ~40% IIRC). It would give an interesting on-topic FW thread to analyze the (politically-motivated) biases/differences and try to calculate "real"/commensurable numbers. Greetings, Chris
