MARCH BRINGS FURTHER DROP IN OECD UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.

The OECD-area unemployment rate calculated on a standardised basis nudged down to 6.5% in March, 0.1 of a percentage point lower than February and 0.4 percentage points lower than a year earlier. The average jobless rate remained stable at 6.8% in Canada, 4.1% in the United States, 4.8% in Denmark, 8.4% in Germany and 2.2% in Luxembourg. Unemployment fell to 3.4% in Austria, 8.5% in...