Euro-zone Dec. unemployment rate unchanged at 10% *PIC*
Euro-zone Dec. unemployment rate unchanged at 10% (by William L. Watts)
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The euro-zone unemployment rate was 10% in December, unchanged from the previous month, the European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Tuesday. Economists had forecast the rate to rise to 10.1%. The rate was 9.9% in December 2009. Compared to November, the total number of unemployed fell by 73,000 in the euro zone to total 15.775 million, Eurostat said.