Europe Unemployment Hits a New High

The situation in Europe continues to get worse, even as the United States faces a tepid recovery. The Eurozone has faced another new high in unemployment, led by Spain and Greece.

For the 27-nation European Union, the March jobless rate was unchanged, at 10.9 percent. Eurostat estimated that 26.5 million men and women were now unemployed in Europe, including 5.7 million young people.

Both the euro zone and European Union jobless figures are the highest Eurostat has reported since it began keeping the data in 1995 in the days before the euro. In comparison, the unemployment rate in the United States was 7.6 percent in March.

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