this looks pretty bad for the US! In fact the current picture seems slightly more rosy for the US, and worse for Europe. A quick look shows that the chart data could be over 2 years old ... for the most recent unemployment stats I turn to (the not always reliable but quickly accessible) Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate
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this looks pretty bad for the US! In fact the current picture seems slightly more rosy for the US, and worse for Europe. A quick look shows that the chart data could be over 2 years old ... for the most recent unemployment stats I turn to (the not always reliable but quickly accessible) Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate
US: 8.2%
France: 10.2%
Italy: 10.2%
Canada: 7.2%
UK: 8.1%
Germany: 5.4%
Mexico: 5.5%
Australia: 5.2%
Japan: 4.5%
Korea: 3.7%
other notables:
Spain: 24.3%
Ireland: 14.9%
EU (total): 10.3%
India: 9.8%
China: 4.1%
Some questions re: the (un-anotated; I could not find it back on the Guardian site though I didn't look hard) chart
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