EURO-ZONE JOBLESS RATE STEADY AT 9% IN JUNE.

The unemployment rate stayed steady at 9.0% in the Euro-zone and 9.1% in the EU-25 for June 2004 compared to the previous month, the EU statistical agency Eurostat said on August 3. Luxembourg and Austria reported the lowest jobless rates (both at 4.2%). The highest rates were recorded in Poland (18.9%), Slovakia (16.2%), Lithuania (11.4%) and Spain (11.1%). Eleven Member States saw an increase in...