Italy's unemployment rate fell to
11.4% in march, its lowest since December 2012, Istat said
Friday. It was 0.3% down on February and 1.1% down on March
2015, the statistics agency said. Youth unemployment fell to
36.7% in March, its lowest since October 2012, Istat said. The
rate for 15-to-24-year-olds fell 1.5% on February and 5.4% on
March 2015, the statistics agency said. The number of employed
people in Italy rose 90,000 in March compared to February and
263,000 compared to March 2015, Istat said. In march the number
of employed was 22,578,000 (+1.2% on March 2015, +0.4% on
February). Italy's employment rate rose to 56.7%, 0.2% up on
February and 0.9% up on March.
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