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Job seekers speak to staff at a National Agency for Employment (Pole Emploi) office in Aubervilliers, near Paris, France, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Aug 11 (Reuters) – France’s unemployment rate edged up to 7.2% in the second quarter, according to official statistics published on Friday.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast 7.1% for the quarter, against an unrevised 7.1% in the first quarter.
Reporting by Dina Kartit and Gaëlle Sheehan, Editing by Himani Sarkar
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