Joblessness in EC 8.5%
<i> United Press International</i>
BRUSSELS —
Unemployment in the 12-nation European Community dropped slightly in March to 8.5%, compared with 8.6% in February, the EC statistical office Eurostat said today.
In the first quarter, the unemployment rate in the Community as a whole continued on a downward trend, Eurostat said, compared with the final quarter of 1989.
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