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-- a _kt75 | post supporting information  💾 _download: server 1 | server 2 Inside Sustainability: Facts, Figures, Bullshit - Part I: Unemployment [_kt75 | reflections 01.1/2013] The first quarter of 2013 sees a further worsening of the job markets world wide. Accordingly, the official unemployment rate for Europe (Jan 2013) is reported with 11.7% (growing), for the USA 7.6% (indifferent), Australia 5.6% (growing), Asia 4.4% (growing). Whereas the booming countries in Asia still report low unemployment rates, Europe as well as the USA struggle with constantly high or growing job cuts. In particular the European crisis-hit countries Portugal (17.6% ↑ ), Spain (26.2% ↑ ), Italy (11.7% ↑ ), Greece (27.0% ↑ ), etc. report climbing (official) unemployment rates [ 1 ]-[ 4 ]. As analysed elsewhere, the official unemployment rates rarely reflect the real conditions [ 5 ]. Applying the conservative correction factor c f (includes also socially critical/precarious job arrangements) the un