ISTAT said Tuesday that 147,000 more
people were in employment in the first quarter of 2018 with
respect to the same period last year, a rise of 0.6%.
The national statistics agency said the employment figure was
flat compared to the last quarter of 2017.
Italy's unemployment rate was 11.1% in the first quarter of
2018, up 0.1 of a percentage point with respect to the previous
three months, but down 0.5 of a point on the same period last
year, ISTAT said.
The agency said 2.893 million people were unemployed in the
first quarter, according to seasonally adjusted data.
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