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Thu 09 Sep 2010French unemployment rate falls
France's unemployment rate fell in the second quarter of 2010, data today showed, offering encouragement to the government as it faces widespread discontent over planned budget cuts and pension reforms.
National statistics office INSEE said the quarterly jobless rate in all of France, including overseas territories, declined to 9.7 per cent in the second quarter from an unrevised 9.9 per cent in the first quarter.
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