OECD in February was 8.6% overall unemployment rate.

<P> Headquartered in Paris, France, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report released on the 13th, its 30 member countries the overall unemployment rate in February was 8.6% over the previous month, a slight decrease of 0.1 percentage points, to 4590 registered unemployed .million. .</ P> <P> the OECD noted that, while differences in national data, but compared with the previous month, the basic stability of the overall state of the job market. .</ P> <P> data show that OECD countries in February, the unemployment rate of 19% of Spain topped the list, Slovakia and Ireland, the unemployment rate was 14.2% and 13.2%, ranked second and third .. .United States and Canada in February employment data can not be optimistic, the unemployment rate reached 9.7% and 8.2%. .The job market was undoubtedly the best of Norway and the Netherlands, the unemployment rate not exceeded 4%. .</ P> <P> In addition, the February unemployment rate in the EU and the eurozone as a whole rose 9.6%, respectively, and 10%, 8.3% higher than the level of the Western Group of Seven. .The report does not the United Kingdom this year's statistics. .Germany, France and Italy in the three large euro-zone countries, France, the highest unemployment rate of 10.1%, Germany and Italy, the unemployment rate was 7.5% and 8.5%. .</ P> <P> data also show that the overall unemployment rate in February than in OECD countries rose by 1% over the same period last year, an increase of 5.4 million unemployed, close to the highest level after World War II. .</ P> <P> to a report released the day before in the OECD, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy told French television interview that the improvement in the job market will lag behind the global economic recovery, .Because the driving force of economic recovery will take some time to have an effect on the job market, while the delayed phase may last up to 18 months. .</ P>.